Arnold Schönberg Prize

The International Arnold Schönberg Prize was established in 2001, and named after the Austrian composer Arnold Schönberg, thanks to the initiative of Kent Nagano, the former principal conductor and musical director of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, together with Deutschlandradio.[1] The prize is awarded by the Arnold Schönberg Center (Vienna, Austria) to international composers.[2] The prize money is €12,500.[1]

Winners

• 2001 George Benjamin
• 2004 Jörg Widmann
• 2005 Unsuk Chin[3]
• 2006 Aribert Reimann
• 2008 Helmut Oehring

References

1. "Arnold-Schönberg-Preis". Online-Ausgabe des Handbuchs der Kulturpreise (in German). 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
2. "Difficult decisions force later awarding of Arnold Schoenberg Prize". wienerzeitung.at. Wiener Zeitung. 2001. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
3. Kort, Christiane (10 March 2005). "Arnold Schönberg Preis für Unsuk Chin". deutschlandfunkkultur.de (in German). Retrieved 27 November 2017.