Ernst von Siemens Musikpreis 2011 for Aribert Reimann

Aribert Reimann is the recipient of the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize 2011. The prestigious award will be presented to Reimann by the President of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts in a musical ceremony in the Cuvilliés Theatre in Munich on 24 May 2011. The laudation will be given by the music critic Stephan Mösch. The soprano Anna Prohaska will perform Reimanns Trio ...ni una sombra together with Jörg Widmann and Axel Bauni.

The Ernst von Siemens Music Prize is accompanied with a cash endowment of 200,000 euros and is awarded for outstanding services to contemporary music. The annual prize is presented in alternate years to a composer and a figure from a different sphere of the musical world. The Foundation additionally awards encouragement prizes to young composers and supports over 100 contemporary music projects in over twenty countries throughout the world.

• Aribert Reimann - Profile
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• Website of the Ernst von Siemens Foundation