Beethoven Prize
The Beethoven Prize of the city of Bonn was an international composition competition. In 1959 Bonn's Lord Mayor Wilhelm Daniels announced the establishment of a Beethoven prize for "the best orchestral work of a young composer". No restrictions were made to genre, style and instrumentation of the composition. The prize was given every 3 years, the prize money was 25,000DM. The prize was last awarded in 1992. Other Beethoven Prizes existed in Vienna and Berlin.
Recipients
- 1961 Heimo Erbse for Pavimento, op. 19, for large orchestra
- 1963 Milko Kelemen for Transfiguration for piano and orchestra
- 1967 György Ligeti for Requiem
- 1970 Klaus Huber for Tenebrae
- 1974 Bruno Maderna for Aura for orchestra, Peter Michael Hamel for Dharana, Chris Hinze for Live Music Now
- 1977 Iannis Xenakis for Erikhthon for orchestra, Pauline Oliveros for Bonn Fire, Pierre Mariétan for Opus Wassermusik, Luftklang, Straßenmusik
- 1980 Wolfgang Rihm for Jacob Lenz, Aleksander Lasón for Symphonie concertante for piano and orchestra, Reinhard Febel for Charivari for ensemble
- 1983 Manuel Hildalgo for Hacia, Manfred Stahnke for Penthesilea, Joachim Krebs for Quartettomanie
- 1986 Jörg Birkenkötter for Sechs Stücke für Kammerensemble, Michael Jarell for Trei II for soprano and five instruments, Konstantinos Varotsis for "Schillern"
- 1989 Bernd Jestl for Der König stirbt, Hermann Spree for Aufregungszustand am Nachmittag
- 1992 Paul Roberts for Align II for Saxophon-Trio and Piano