The Würth Prize of Jeunesses Musicales Germany () has been awarded since 1991 to artists, ensembles or projects who implement 's (JMD) values and objectives in an exemplary manner. Together with the Würth Foundation, the JMD has been honoring individual personalities, ensembles and projects every year. The prize is presented in Künzelsau and endowed with 25,000 euros (). The jury is made up of representatives from the Würth Foundation and Jeunesses Musicales Germany and is advised by the Deutscher Musikrat (German Music Council). The JMD is the German section of the Jeunesses Musicales International (JMI). It was founded during the Second World War to encourage encounters between young musicians.
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1991 – Dennis Russell Davies 1992 – Arcis Quintet 1993 – Philip Glass 1994 – Nicaragua project of Dietmar Schönherr "Casa de los tres Mundos" 1995 – Tölzer Knabenchor, Poznań Nightingales, Kühn Children's Choir Prague 1996 – Yakov Kreizberg 1997 – Junge Deutsche Philharmonie 1998 – 1999 – Tabea Zimmermann 2000 – National Children's Orchestra of Venezuela 2001 – Claudio Abbado 2002 – Ensemble Resonanz 2003 – 2004 – Education Programm of the Berlin Philharmonic 2005 – Philharmonie der Nationen 2006 – 2007 – Artemis Quartet 2008 – Gustavo Dudamel 2009 – Arab-Jewish Youth Orchestra Israel 2010 – Martin Grubinger 2011 – Bundesjugendorchester 2012 – Sol Gabetta 2013 – Bruno Weil 2014 – Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen 2015 – vision string quartet 2016 – Lars Vogt 2017 – Christian Tetzlaff 2018 – STEGREIF.orchester Stuttgart 2019 – Patricia Kopatchinskaja 2020 – 2021 – Jörg Widmann 2022 – Notos Quartet 2023 – Deutsche Streicherphilharmonie 2024 – Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla 2025 – International Youth Symphony Orchestra Bremen 2026 – Nicolás Pasquet
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