Schneider-Schott Music Prize

Schneider-Schott Music Prize
Awarded for	"An outstanding composer, performing artist, or music ensemble in classical music — with emphasis, but not mandatory, on contemporary music"
Sponsored by	Heinz Schneider-Schott Foundation
Location	Mainz
Country	Germany
Reward(s)	€15,000
First awarded	1986
Website	www.mainz.de/kultur-und-wissenschaft/kulturelle-preise-stipendien/schneider-schott-musikpreis.php

The Schneider-Schott Music Prize is a cash award bestowed to an outstanding composer, performing artist, or music ensemble in classical music—with emphasis, but not mandatory, on contemporary music. From 1986 to 2006, the prize was awarded annually, and thereafter, biennially. The prize is alternately given to a composer and an interpreter. The award ceremony is traditionally associated with a concert by the award winner.

Winners

Candidate criteria and selection

Candidates should meet criteria of financial need. The winner is selected by an independent five-person jury of music experts.

Jury 2016 and 2018

Source:

• Wolfgang Rathert (Head of Jury, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
• Achim Heidenreich (ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe)
• Wolfgang Rihm (Composer, Karlsruhe)
• Yvonne Stern-Campo (Schott Music Mainz)
• Lars Vogt (Pianist, Berlin)

Prize founder and benefactor

The €15,000 award is funded by an endowment established by Heinz Schneider-Schott (1906–1988) and his wife. In 1952, Schneider-Schott, a son-in-law of Ludwig Strecker, became a director of the London-based music publishing firm, Schott and Co., which in 1980, reunited with Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG, in Mainz, which in 2006 was renamed Schott Music Limited.