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
1986: Detlev Müller-Siemens and Wolfgang von Schweinitz 1987: Ensemble Modern 1988: Hans-Jürgen von Bose 1989: and Walter Zimmermann 1990: Adriana Hölszky 1991: Gruppe Neue Musik Hanns Eisler 1992: Ulrich Stranz 1993: Steffen Schleiermacher and 1994: and Hanspeter Kyburz 1995: ensemble recherche 1996: Isabel Mundry and Moritz Eggert 1997: 1998: Helmut Oehring 1999: 2000: and Mike Svoboda 2001: Babette Koblenz 2002: Jörg Widmann 2003: Salome Kammer and 2004: 2005: Enno Poppe 2006: 2008: Márton Illés 2010: Anna Prohaska 2012: Birke J. Bertelsmeier 2014: Carolin Widmann 2016: Gordon Kampe 2018: 2020: Benjamin Scheuer 2024: Ensemble Resonanz
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, LMU 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.
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