The Frankfurter Musikpreis was awarded from 1982 to 2020 by the joint foundation of the Musikmesse Frankfurt and the National Association of German Musical Instruments Manufacturers. The aim of this international music award is to highlight "personalities from the world of music for special achievements in the fields of interpretation, composition, musicology, teaching and services to music making" (according to its self description). The award was presented annually and alternately to personalities from the world of music in the fields of popular music and classical music. It was endowed with 15,000 euros. The awards ceremony took place on the eve of the Musikmesse and in Frankfurt am Main.
Laureates
1982: Gidon Kremer 1983: Edgar Krapp 1984: Alfred Brendel 1985: Brigitte Fassbaender 1986: Albert Mangelsdorff 1987: Carl Dahlhaus 1988: Heinz Holliger 1989: Ludwig Güttler 1990: Chick Corea 1991: Aribert Reimann 1992: Georg Solti 1993: Harry Kupfer 1994: Brian Eno 1995: Tabea Zimmermann 1996: Wolfgang Niedecken 1997: Hans Zender 1998: Peter Herbolzheimer 1999: Michael Gielen 2000: Klaus Doldinger 2001: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau 2002: no award 2003: Walter Levin 2004: Udo Lindenberg 2005: György Ligeti 2006: Peter Gabriel 2007: Péter Eötvös 2008: Paquito D’Rivera 2009: José Antonio Abreu 2010: Keith Emerson 2011: Anne Sofie von Otter 2012: John McLaughlin 2013: Marie-Luise Neunecker 2014: Ernie Watts 2015: 2016: Al Jarreau 2017: David Garrett 2018: 2019: Quatuor Ébène 2020: Peter Maffay and his band
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