The
Robert Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau
is a classical music award. Since 1964 it has been awarded by the Lord Mayor of
Zwickau
.
Robert Schumann
was born in Zwickau. Between 1964 and 2002 the prize was awarded annually, since 2003 biennially. The award is given to outstanding singers, instrumentalists and ensembles as well as musicologists and musical institutions, who have rendered special service (sic) to cherishing and presenting Schumann’s musical and literary heritage as well as to the knowledge of his life and works. The prize is endowed with a total of €10,000.
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The winners receive a certificate and a bronze medal with the portrait of Schumann, created by the sculptor
Gerhard Lichtenfeld
.
[1]
Robert Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau
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Awarded for
| "outstanding singers, instrumentalists and ensembles as well as musicologists and musical institutions, who have rendered special credits to the care and interpretation of Schumann’s musical and literary heritage as well as the knowledge of his life."
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Location
| Zwickau
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Country
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Presented by
| Lord Mayor
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Reward(s)
| €10,000, certificate, bronze medal
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First awarded
| 1964
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Website
| Robert Schumann Prize Zwickau
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The jury includes:
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- the Lord Mayor of Zwickau
- the mayor of social affairs and culture
- a member of the Culture and Education Committee of the City of Zwickau
- the chairman of the Robert Schumann Society Zwickau e.V.
- the director of the
Robert Schumann House
- 1964
Georg Eismann
,
Hans Storck
?[
de
]
,
Annerose Schmidt
- 1965
Karl Laux
,
Lore Fischer
- 1966
Daniel Zhitomirsky
,
Dieter Zechlin
- 1967
Olivier Alain
- 1968
Sviatoslav Richter
- 1969
Peter Schreier
,
Herbert Schulze
- 1970
Dmitri Bashkirov
,
Martin Schoppe
- 1971
Gunther Leib
,
Tatiana Nikolayeva
- 1972
Ekkehard Otto
?[
de
]
,
Maria Maxakowa
- 1973
Emil Gilels
,
Elisabeth Breul
- 1974
Amadeus Webersinke
,
Nelly Akopian-Tamarina
- 1975
Zara Dolukhanova
,
Helene Boschi
- 1976
Sigrid Kehl
,
Eliso Virsaladze
- 1977
Rudolf Kehrer
,
Herbert Kaliga
?[
de
]
- 1978
Gertraud Geißler
,
Hans Joachim Kohler
- 1979
Hanne-Lore Kuhse
,
Franti?ek Rauch
- 1980
Theo Adam
,
Miklos Forrai
- 1981
Kurt Masur
,
Halina Czerny-Stefa?ska
- 1982
Mitsuko Shirai
,
Peter Rosel
- 1983
Rudolf Fischer
,
Eva Fleischer
- 1984
Gustav Papp
,
Dezs? Ranki
- 1985
Pavel Lisitsian
,
Jacob Lateiner
- 1986
Jorg Demus
,
Gerd Nauhaus
- 1987
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
- 1988
Albrecht Hofmann
?[
de
]
- 1989
Pavel Egorov
,
Bernard Ringeissen
- 1990
Hartmut Holl
,
Gunther Muller
- 1991
Joan Chissell
- 1992
Abegg Trio
,
Gisela Schafer
- 1993
Jozef De Beenhouwer
- 1994
Wolfgang Sawallisch
- 1995
Hansheinz Schneeberger
,
Dieter-Gerhardt Worm
- 1996
Nancy B. Reich
,
Bernhard R. Appel
- 1997
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
[3]
- 1998
Linda Correll Roesner
,
Olaf Bar
- 1999
Altenberg Trio
,
Ernst Burger
- 2000
Olga Loseva
,
Steven Isserlis
- 2001
John Eliot Gardiner
- 2002
Alfred Brendel
- 2003
Joachim Draheim
,
Juliane Banse
- 2005
Daniel Barenboim
- 2006
Margit L. McCorkle
,
Anton Kuerti
- 2009
Reinhard Kapp
,
Michael Struck
- 2011
Andras Schiff
- 2013
Jon W. Finson
,
Ulf Wallin
- 2015
Robert-Schumann-Forschungsstelle
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de
]
Dusseldorf
[4]
- 2017
Heinz Holliger
[5]
[6]
- 2019
Ragna Schirmer
,
Janina Klassen
- 2021
Thomas Synofzik
[7]
- 2023
Christian Gerhaher
/
Gerold Huber
,
Florian Uhlig
[8]