Villa Massimo, short for Deutsche Akademie Rom Villa Massimo ( it, Accademia Tedesca Roma Villa Massimo), is a German cultural institution in Rome, established in 1910 and located in the Villa Massimo. The fellowship of the German Academy in Rome is one of the most important awards granted to distinguished artists for study abroad. The award offers residencies of one year at Villa Massimo in Rome as well as three months at Casa Baldi in

Olevano Romano Olevano Romano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about east of Rome. It is the probable birthplace of the composer Giovanni Gentile. Culture Starting from the early 19th centur ...

to artists who have excelled in Germany and abroad, including architects, composers, writers and artists. The institution's founder was the patron and entrepreneur

Eduard Arnhold Eduard Arnhold (10 June 1849 – 10 August 1925) was a German entrepreneur, coal magnate, patron of the arts and philanthropist from the famous Arnhold family. Life Born in Dessau, Arnhold was the son of the Jewish doctor Adolph Arnhold ( ...

, who in 1910 acquired the beautiful property of 36,000 m², previously the suburban villa of the aristocratic Massimo family. Arnhold commissioned the main building, a large villa appropriate for official events, and ten modern studios with adjacent private residential spaces. He later donated the villa and its luxurious furnishings to the

Prussian state Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...

. Today, Villa Massimo is managed by the German Federal Ministry of Cultural Affairs and Media. From 2002 to June 2019

Joachim Blüher Joachim Blüher (born in 1953 in Uelzen, Lower Saxony) is a German art historian and Cultural heritage management, cultural manager. Since 2002 he has been the Director of the German Academy Villa Massimo in Rome. Biography Early life After comp ...

was the director of the Academy. He was succeeded by

Julia Draganović Julia Draganović (born in 1963 in Hamburg, West Germany) is a German curator and cultural manager. German-Italian cultural relations have been a recurring theme in her work. In July 2019 she became director of the German Academy in Rome Villa Ma ...

Selected recipients

Artists

* 1931 Hermann Blumenthal * 1932

Felix Nussbaum Felix Nussbaum (December 11, 1904 – August 9, 1944) was a German Jews, German-Jewish surrealist Painting, painter. Nussbaum’s work gives insights into the essence of one person among the victims of the Holocaust. Early life and education N ...

Arno Breker Arno Breker (19 July 1900 – 13 February 1991) was a German architect and sculptor who is best known for his public works in Nazi Germany, where they were endorsed by the authorities as the antithesis of degenerate art. He was made official ...

* 1933

Carlo Mense Carlo Mense (May 13, 1886 – August 11, 1965) was a German artist, associated at various times with the Düsseldorf school of painting, Rhenish Expressionism and New Objectivity. Mense was born in Rheine. He studied with Peter Janssen at th ...

* 1935

Alfred Knispel Alfred may refer to: Arts and entertainment *''Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series * ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne * ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák *"Alfred (Interlu ...

* 1957

Fritz Koenig Fritz Koenig (20 June 1924 – 22 February 2017) was one of the most important international German sculptors of the 20th century. Koenig's main work and most famous work is ''The Sphere''. The world's largest bronze sculpture of modern tim ...

* 1976

Anselm Kiefer Anselm Kiefer (born 8 March 1945) is a German painter and sculptor. He studied with Peter Dreher and Horst Antes at the end of the 1960s. His works incorporate materials such as straw, ash, clay, lead, and shellac. The poems of Paul Celan hav ...

* 1979/1980 Rolf-Gunter Dienst * 1980/1981

Hans Peter Reuter Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician ** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans ** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi ...

* 1986/1987

Annegret Soltau Annegret Soltau (born 16 January 1946) is a German visual artist, born in Lüneburg, Germany. Her work marks a fundamental reference point in the art of the 1970s and 1980s. Photomontages of her own body and face sewn over or collaged with black ...

, Giso Westing,

Nanne Meyer Nanne Meyer (born 12 April 1953 in Hamburg), is a German artist. She is one of the first women artists of the postwar generation who works primarily in drawing. Meyer lives and works in Berlin. Biography Meyer was born in Hamburg and studied ...

, Sigrun Jakubaschke * 1989

Manfred Stumpf Manfred Stumpf (born November 25, 1957, in Alsfeld, Hesse) is a German draftsman, conceptual artist, and digital artist. He started to study 1976 with Thomas Bayrle at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main, since 1978 with Hans Haake at the Cooper ...

, Anton Kokl * 1991/1992 Eberhard Bosslet,

Stephan Kern Stephan may refer to: * Stephan, South Dakota, United States * Stephan (given name), a masculine given name * Stephan (surname), a Breton-language surname See also * Sankt-Stephan * Stefan (disambiguation) * Stephan-Oterma * Stephani * St ...

, Anton Kokl,

Thomas Lehnerer Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the A ...

Michael Witlatschil Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...

* 1997/1998

Matthias Leupold Matthias Leupold (born 1959 in Berlin) is a German photographer and professor who lives and works in Berlin. His father Harry Leupold was set designer at the D.E.F.A. studio for feature films in Potsdam. Life and work Matthias Leupold compl ...

Rolf Bier Rolf is a male given name and a surname. It originates in the Germanic name ''Hrolf'', itself a contraction of ''Hrodwulf'' ( Rudolf), a conjunction of the stem words ''hrod'' ("renown") + ''wulf'' ("wolf"). The Old Norse cognate is ''Hrólfr''. ...

Heike Kern Heike may refer to: * Heike (given name), a (not exclusively) feminine given name, derived from the male name Anri (Henry) * Taira clan, sometimes referred to as "Heike" * Heike crab, a species of crab named after the Taira (Heike) clan * Heike On ...

* 2003

Roland Boden Roland Boden was a professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Au ...

, Thomas Demand,

Leni Hoffmann Leni is a ''comune'' (municipality) and one of the main towns on Salina, one of the Aeolian Islands, in the Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, southern Italy. It is located about northeast of Palermo and about northwest of Messina. Leni ...

Matthias Hoch Matthias is a name derived from the Greek Ματθαίος, in origin similar to Matthew (given name), Matthew. People Notable people named Matthias include the following: In religion: * Saint Matthias, chosen as an apostle in Acts 1:21–26 to re ...

, Volkhard Kempter,

Rainer Splitt Rainer may refer to: People * Rainer (surname) * Rainer (given name) Other * Rainer Island, an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia * 16802 Rainer Year 168 ( CLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar ...

Silke Schatz Silke Schatz (born 1967, Celle, Germany) is an artist based in Cologne. Life From 1987 until 1995, she attended Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig (the Braunschweig Academy of Fine Arts), interrupted in 1991-92 by a stay in Chicago, ...

* 2004 Martin Schmidt, Adam Page, Frank Mädler,

Markus Löffler Marcus, Markus, Márkus or Mărcuș may refer to: * Marcus (name), a masculine given name * Marcus (praenomen), a Roman personal name Places * Marcus, a main belt asteroid, also known as (369088) Marcus 2008 GG44 * Mărcuş, a village in Dobârl ...

, Andree Korpys,

Eva Hertzsch Eva or EVA may refer to: * Eva (name), a feminine given name Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Eva (Dynamite Entertainment), a comic book character by Dynamite Entertainment * Eva (Devil May Cry), Eva (''Devil May Cry''), ...

Christoph Girardet Christoph Girardet is a German filmmaker and artist. He lives and works in Hanover. Biography Girardet studied fine arts and film/video from 1988 to 1993 at the Braunschweig University of Art under Gerhard Büttenbender and Birgit Hein. He h ...

* 2005

Gabriele Basch Gabriele is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name Surname *Al Gabriele, American comic book artist * Angel Gabriele (1956–2016), American comic book artist *Corrado Gabriele (born 1966), Italian polit ...

Manuel Franke Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name) * Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Charlie Manuel Charles Fuqua Manuel Jr. (born January 4, 1944), is an American former professional baseball playe ...

Sandra Hastenteufel Sandra Hastenteufel (born 1966 in Stuttgart) is a German contemporary artist, who works with photography, film, sculpture and painting. Life She studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart. In 1996 she participated in a group exhibition o ...

, Wolfgang Kaiser,

Veronika Kellndorfer Veronica, Veronika, etc., may refer to: People * Veronica (name) * Saint Veronica * Saint Veronica of Syria Arts and media Comics and literature * ''Veronica'', an 1870 novel by Frances Eleanor Trollope * ''Veronica'', a 2005 novel by Mary Gait ...

* 2006

Christoph Brech Christoph is a male given name and surname. It is a German variant of Christopher. Notable people with the given name Christoph * Christoph Bach (1613–1661), German musician * Christoph Büchel (born 1966), Swiss artist * Christoph Dientzenhof ...

Parastou Forouhar Parastou Forouhar (born 1962 in Tehran) is an Iranian installation artist who lives and works out of Frankfurt, Germany. Forouhar's art reflects her criticism of the Iranian government and often plays with the ideas of identity. Her artwork expres ...

, Astrid Nippoldt * 2007

Aurelia Mihai Aurelia may refer to: People * Version of feminine given name Aurélie * Aurelia (mother of Caesar) * Aurelia gens, a Roman family * Aurelia Browder, American civil rights activist * Astrud Aurelia, American drag queen Science * ''Aurelia'' (cn ...

, Stefan Mauck, Carsten Nicolai,

Matthias Weischer Matthias Weischer (born 1973 in Elte, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany) is a painter living in Leipzig. Weischer is considered to be part of the New Leipzig School. Life Matthias Weischer studied painting from 1995 to 2001 and received h ...

* 2008

Felix Schramm Felix Schramm (born 1970 in Hamburg) is a German artist who lives and works in Düsseldorf. Schramm's artwork revolves around displacement, which the sculptor addresses in different visual forms within his work. His understanding of sculpture take ...

, Elke Zauner,

David Zink Yi David Zink Yi is a Contemporary art, contemporary artist working primarily in Video art, video, photography, and sculpture. He has said: "body is the space and the medium in which the process of questioning of identity takes place".

* 2009

Fernando Bryce Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa, the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka. It is equivalent to the G ...

Henriette Grahnert Henriette may refer to: * Princess Henriette of France * Henriette of Cleves * Henriette Willemina Crommelin (1870-1957), Dutch labor leader and temperance reformer * Henriette Dibon (1902–1989), French poet and short story writer. * Henriette H ...

Jochen Lempert Jochen Lempert (born 1958 in Moers) is a German photographer whose work is about the world of nature and animals. Lempert first studied as a biologist before turning to photography in the early 1990s. Accordingly, his pictures are marked with sc ...

* 2010 Christian Jankowski,

Heidi Specker ''Heidi'' (; ) is a work of children's fiction published in 1881 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, originally published in two parts as ''Heidi: Her Years of Wandering and Learning'' (german: Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre) and ''Heidi: How She Use ...

, Christian Jankowski,

Ulrike Kuschel Ulrike is a Germanic female given name. Notable people named Ulrike include: * Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel (1722–1787), German noble * Ulrike von Levetzow (1804–1899), German noble and friend of Johann Wolfgang von G ...

* 2011

Via Lewandowsky Volker Via Lewandowsky (born 7 March 1963, in Dresden) is a German artist who works with installation, sculpture, object art, photography, performance, painting and drawing. ;Poem for an Artist ''Born in Dresden in 1963'' ''lost an eye at t ...

Julia Schmidt Julia Schmidt (born 1976 in Wolfen) is a German painter, living in Hamburg. She graduated from Glasgow School of Art and from Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig. Schmidt exhibited at Union Gallery, and Casey Kaplan. Awards * 2011 Vil ...

Maria Sewcz Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 * Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, ...

* 2012

Jeanne Faust Jeanne may refer to: Places * Jeanne (crater), on Venus People * Jeanne (given name) * Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc, 1412–1431) * Joanna of Flanders (1295–1374) * Joan, Duchess of Brittany (1319–1384) * Ruth Stuber Jeanne (1910–2004), Ame ...

Eva Leitolf Eva or EVA may refer to: * Eva (name), a feminine given name Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Eva (Dynamite Entertainment), a comic book character by Dynamite Entertainment * Eva (''Devil May Cry''), Dante's mother in t ...

Nicole Wermers Nicole Wermers (born 1971) is a German artist, born in Emsdetten, and based in London. Education Wermers studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Hamburg (Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg) from 1991 to 1997 and received an MFA from Centr ...

, Phillipp Lachenmann * 2013

David Schnell Davis Schnell (born 1971, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany) is an internationally exhibited German painter. From 1995 until 2000 he studied painting at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig and then from 2000 to 2002 he was a student i ...

Isa Melsheimer Isa Melsheimer (born September 19, 1968, in Neuss) is a German sculptor, object and installation artist, painter and university lecturer. Life Isa Melsheimer grew up on a vineyard in Reil on the Moselle. From 1991 to 1997, she studied paint ...

Clemens von Wedemeyer Clemens von Wedemeyer (born 1974 in Göttingen, Germany) is a German video artist. He studied fine arts at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig, with Astrid Klein. In 2004 von Wedemeyer produced, together with Maya Schweizer, a documentary movie: ...

* 2014 Hans-Christian Schink,

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Annika Larsson Annika Larsson (born 1972 Stockholm, Sweden) is a photographer and video artist. Larsson received a Master of Fine Arts from the Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm. In 2002 she had a solo exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary A ...

Eli Cortinas Eli most commonly refers to: * Eli (name), a given name, nickname and surname * Eli (biblical figure) Eli or ELI may also refer to: Film * ''Eli'' (2015 film), a Tamil film * ''Eli'' (2019 film), an American horror film Music * ''Eli'' (Jan ...

* 2015 Marieta Chirulescu,

Maix Mayer Barbara Maix (27 June 1818 – 17 March 1873) was an Austrian Roman Catholic professed religious who established the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and assumed the religious name ''Maria Barbara of the Holy Trinity''. Maix dedicated her ...

Karin Sander Karin Sander (born 1957 in Bensberg, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German conceptual artist. She lives and works in Berlin and Zurich. Life Karin Sander studied at the Freie Kunstschule Stuttgart and at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden K ...

* 2016/2017 Nezaket Ekici,

Adnan Softic Adnan ( ar, عدنان, 'adnān) is the traditional ancestor of the Adnanite Arabs of Northern, Western, Eastern and Central Arabia, as opposed to the Qahtanite Arabs of Southern Arabia who descend from Qahtan. His ancestry can be traced b ...

Göran Gnaudschun Göran or Jöran (both pronounced ) is the Swedish form of George, not to be confused with the Slavic Goran. Notable people with the name include: *Göran Andersson, Swedish sport sailor *Göran Bror Benny Andersson Swedish musician, compose ...

* 2017/2018

Jörg Herold Jörg or Joerg () is a German name, equivalent to George in English. * Jörg Bergmeister, German race car driver * Jörg Frischmann, German Paralympian athlete * Jörg Haider, Austrian politician * Jörg Andrees Elten (also Swami Satyananda), ...

, Thomas Baldischwyler,

Bettina Allamoda Bettina is a female name predominantly found in the Italian and German languages. This name has various interpreted meanings and origins. In Italian, Bettina originated as a diminutive of the names Elisabetta and Benedetta. Benedetta is the Ita ...

Christoph Keller Christoph is a male given name and surname. It is a German variant of Christopher. Notable people with the given name Christoph * Christoph Bach (1613–1661), German musician * Christoph Büchel (born 1966), Swiss artist * Christoph Dientzenhof ...

* 2018/2019

Sonja Alhäuser Sonja Alhäuser (born 1969) is a German artist. Biography Sonja Alhäuser was born in Kirchen ( Westerwald), Germany in 1969 and studied at the Staatliche Kunstakademie (State Art Academy) in Düsseldorf, becoming "Meisterschülerin" (Master ...

, Erik Göngrich,

Wolfgang Ellenrieder Wolfgang is a German male given name traditionally popular in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The name is a combination of the Old High German words '' wolf'', meaning "wolf", and '' gang'', meaning "path", "journey", "travel". Besides the reg ...

, Julian Rosefeldt. * 2019/2020

Tatjana Doll Tatjana Doll (born 1970 in Burgsteinfurt) is a contemporary German painter. Life Doll studied at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under the master Dieter Krieg. In 2009 she was appointed as art professor at the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe. ...

* 2021/2022

David Czupryn David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

Architects

* 1932

Carl Ludwig Franck Carl Ludwig Philipp Franck (25 September 1904 — 20 February 1985) was a German-British architect who practiced in the United Kingdom from the 1930s to the 1960s. He was a member of the architectural practice Tecton from the late 1930s to its diss ...

* 1933

Fritz Sonntag Fritz originated as a German nickname for Friedrich, or Frederick (''Der Alte Fritz'', and ''Stary Fryc'' were common nicknames for King Frederick II of Prussia and Frederick III, German Emperor) as well as for similar names including Fridolin a ...

* 1983/84

Peter Riemann Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a ...

* 1986

Karl-Heinz Petzinka Karl-Heinz Petzinka (born 7 January 1956) is a German architect, and Rector of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. He is known for office buildings in Düsseldorf and Berlin. He converted historic industrial buildings, and was responsible for the sect ...

* 1995 Claudia Meixner * 2003 Imke Woelk * 2004 Heike Schuppelius * 2005 Heike Böttcher, Jakob Timpe * 2006

Bernd Bess Bernd is a Low German short form of the given name Bernhard (English Bernard). List of persons with given name Bernd The following people share the name Bernd. *Bernd Brückler (born 1981), Austrian hockey player *Bernd Eichinger (1949–2011), ...

* 2007 Antje Freiesleben, Rudolf Finsterwalder, Wieka Muthesius * 2008

Beate Kirsch Beata or Beate is a female given name that occurs in several cultures and languages, including Italian, German, Polish, and Swedish, and which is derived from the Latin ''beatus'', meaning "blessed".''Behind the Name''"Given Name Beate" Retrie ...

, * 2009 Sebastian Reinhardt,

Daniel Widrig Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength"), ...

* 2010

Jan Liesegang Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article N ...

Norbert Sachs Norbert is a Germanic given name, from ''nord'' "north" and '' berht'' "bright". Norbert is also occasionally found as a surname. People with the given name Academia * Norbert Angermann (born 1936), German historian * Norbert A’Campo (born 194 ...

* 2011

Andrea Hartmann Andrea is a given name which is common worldwide for both males and females, cognate to Andreas, Andrej and Andrew. Origin of the name The name derives from the Greek word ἀνήρ (''anēr''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that ...

, Matthias Graf von Ballestrem * 2012 Antje Buchholz, Birgit Elisabeth Frank, Kai Nikolaus Grüne, Jörn Köppler * 2013 Pia Meier Schriever, Eike Roswag,

Anna Viader Soler Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) ...

Verena von Beckerath Verena of Zurzach, mostly just called ''Saint Verena'' (c. 260 – c. 320) is an early Christian consecrated virgin and hermit. She is especially venerated in Switzerland, where her cult is attested in Bad Zurzach, the reported place of ...

* 2014 Jan Edler, Thilo Folkerts * 2015

Michael Hirschbichler Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...

Jorg Sieweke Jorg may refer to: * Jorg Gray, California-based brand of men's and women's watches * Jorg Smeets (born 1970), Dutch former footballer * A battle mech used by the Makron (Quake character), a video game character See also * Jörg Jörg or Joerg () ...

* 2016/2017

Anna Kubelik Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) ...

* 2017/2018

Benedict Esche Benedict may refer to: People Names *Benedict (given name), including a list of people with the given name * Benedict (surname), including a list of people with the surname Religious figures *Pope Benedict I (died 579), head of the Catholic Chu ...

* 2018/2019 Lars Krückeberg

Composers

* 1957 and 1964 Bernd Alois Zimmermann * 1958

Wilhelm Killmayer Wilhelm Killmayer (21 August 1927 – 20 August 2017) was a German composer of classical music, a conductor and an academic teacher of composition at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München from 1973 to 1992. He composed symphonies and son ...

Heino Schubert Heinz Georg Kramm (born 13 December 1938), known professionally as Heino, is a German singer of Schlager and traditional Volksmusik. Having sold a total of over 50 million records, he is one of the most successful German musicians of all tim ...

* 1959

Hans Otte Hans Günther Franz Otte (3 December 1926, Plauen – 25 December 2007, Bremen) was a German composer, pianist, radio promoter, and author of many pieces of musical theatre, sound installations, poems, drawings, and art videos. From 1959 to 198 ...

* 1959 and 1962–63

Giselher Klebe Giselher Wolfgang Klebe (28 June 19255 October 2009) was a German composer, and an academic teacher. He composed more than 140 works, among them 14 operas, all based on literary works, eight symphonies, 15 solo concerts, chamber music, piano w ...

* 1960

Jürg Baur Jürg Baur (11 November 1918 – 31 January 2010) was a German composer whose works include ''Incontri and Mutazioni.'' Baur studied at the Cologne University of Music and taught there in his later years. Baur was also awarded the Federal Cro ...

Alfred Koerppen Alfred Koerppen (16 December 1926 – 5 July 2022) was a German organist, music pedagogue, composer and academic teacher. He taught composition and music theory at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover from 1948 to 1991. His composition ...

* 1963/1964

Hans Zender Johannes Wolfgang Zender (22 November 1936 – 22 October 2019) was a German conductor and composer. He was the chief conductor of several opera houses, and his compositions, many of them vocal music, have been performed at international festival ...

Aribert Reimann Aribert Reimann (born 4 March 1936) is a German composer, pianist and accompanist, known especially for his literary operas. His version of Shakespeare's ''King Lear'', the opera ''Lear (opera), Lear'', was written at the suggestion of Dietrich F ...

* 1964/1965

Friedrich Voss Friedrich Voss (7 July 1872 — 3 March 1953) was a German civil engineer educated at Braunschweig University of Technology. Biography Voss was born in Calvörde. As a civil engineer his career began at the municipal waterways management of Hambu ...

* 1965/1966 Heinz Werner Zimmermann,

, Heide Werner * 1966/1967 and 1977

Erhard Grosskopf Erhard is a male German given name and surname, and may refer to: People *Erhard of Regensburg, bishop of Regensburg in the 7th century *Erhard Altdorfer (c. 1480–1561), German Early Renaissance printmaker, painter and architect *Erhard Arnold Ju ...

* 1967/1968

Friedhelm Döhl Friedhelm Döhl (7 July 1936 – 25 September 2018)Abschied von Friedhelm Döhl

* 1968

* 1972/1973 Hans-Joachim Hespos * 1977

Manfred Trojahn Manfred Trojahn (born 22 October 1949) is a German composer, flautist, conductor and writer. Career Trojahn was born Cremlingen in Lower Saxony and began his musical studies in 1966 in orchestra music at the music school of Braunschweig. After gra ...

* 1978/1979 Ulrich Leyendecker,

Wolfgang von Schweinitz Wolfgang von Schweinitz (born 7 February 1953 in Hamburg) is a German composer of classical music and an academic teacher. Career Schweinitz studied composition at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, from 1971 to 1973 with Gernot Klu ...

* 1979/1980 Wolfgang Rihm, Peter Michael Hamel * 1980 and 1982

Detlev Müller-Siemens Detlev Müller-Siemens (born 30 July 1957) is a German composer and conductor. Life and career Born in Hamburg, Müller-Siemens began with piano lessons at age six and began composing. He was invited to a composition class at the Musikhochschul ...

* 1981/1982 and 1983 Hans-Jürgen von Bose * 1981/1982 and 1984

Wilfried Hiller Wilfried Hiller (born 15 March 1941) is a German composer. He became known above all for his stage works for families, children and young people. Life and work Hiller was born the son of the teacher August Hiller and his wife Josepha Hiller, n� ...

* 1982/1983

Renate Birnstein Renate Maria Birnstein (born 17 November 1946) is a German composer, violinist and pianist. She was born in Hamburg, and studied at the Hochschule fur Musik with Diether de la Motte and György Ligeti György Sándor Ligeti (; ; 28 May 1923 ...

* 1983

Peter Kiesewetter Peter Kiesewetter (1 May 1945 – 4 December 2012) was a modern classical composer, born in Marktheidenfeld, Germany to Silesia Silesia (, also , ) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in ...

* 1983/1984

Reinhard Febel Reinhard Febel (born 3 July 1952) is a German composer, notable for his operas. He is also a music theorist and a university professor at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover and the Mozarteum. Career Febel was born in Metzinge ...

Gerhard Müller-Hornbach Gerhard Müller-Hornbach (born 26 February 1951 as Gerhard Müller) is a German composer, conductor and music teacher. Life Müller-Hornbach was born in Hornbach. From 1981 to 2016, as professor for composition and music theory, he taught at th ...

* 1984/1985

Hans-Christian von Dadelsen Hans-Christian von Dadelsen (born 4 December 1948) is a German composer and music writer. He is the son of the musicologist Georg von Dadelsen and the journalist Dorothee von Dadelsen. Life Born in Berlin, von Dadelsen spent his childhood in ...

York Höller York Höller (; born 11 January 1944) is a German composer and professor of composition at the Hochschule für Musik Köln. Biography Höller was born in Leverkusen. Between 1963 and 1970 he studied at the Cologne Musikhochschule: composition with ...

* 1985/1986

Harald Weiss Harald Weiss (surname also spelled "Weiß") (born 26 May 1949) is a German composer, director, screenwriter, and free-lance artist. Biography Weiss was born in Salzgitter. His compositions are influenced by minimalism as well as jazz and rock musi ...

* 1986/1987

Michael Denhoff Michael Denhoff (born 25 April 1955 in Ahaus) is a German composer and cellist. Life Denhoff has lived and worked in Bonn since 1982. He studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, where his teachers included Günter Bialas and Hans We ...

Walter Zimmermann Walter Zimmermann (born 15 April 1949) is a German composer associated with the Cologne School. Born in Schwabach, Germany, Zimmermann studied composition in Germany with Werner Heider and Mauricio Kagel, the theory of musical intelligence at ...

* 1987/1988

Max Beckschäfer Max Beckschäfer (born 23 February 1952 in Münster) is a German organist, composer and academic. Professional career Beckschäfer took classes at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich in organ, piano, violin and choral conducting. He stud ...

Susanne Erding-Swiridoff Susanne Zargar -Swiridoff (née Erding), born 16 November 1955, is a German composer and curator. She studied composition, English and American literature and linguistics in Stuttgart and Munich. She has composed more than 90 works of opera, orche ...

* 1990/1991 Wilfried Maria Danner,

Claus Kühnl Claus Kühnl (born in Arnstein, Lower Franconia, 17 November 1957) is a German composer and teacher. Life Kühnl is the eldest child of Gudrun Kühnl (''née'' Schmitt) from Lower Franconia and Wilhelm Kühnl who comes from the Sudetenland. ...

* 1992/1993

Detlev Glanert Detlev Glanert (born 6 September 1960) is a German opera composer, who has also composed numerous works for chamber and full orchestra, including three symphonies. Life Detlev Glanert was born in Hamburg in 1960. He came to music late, learnin ...

Jan Müller-Wieland Jan Müller-Wieland (born 30 March 1966 in Hamburg) is a German composer and conductor of classical music and an academic teacher. He is known for his operas. Career Müller-Wieland studied at the Musikhochschule Lübeck, composition with Fr ...

* 1993 Adriana Hölszky * 1994

Steffen Schleiermacher Steffen Schleiermacher (born Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Halle, 3 May 1960) is a German composer, pianist, and conducting, conductor.Helmut Oehring * 1995/1996

André Werner André Werner (born 4 June 1960 in Bremerhaven) is a German composer of classical music. Werner studied classical guitar and oboe at the Musikhochschule Bremen from 1980 to 1986, composition from 1986 to 1992 at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin ...

, Fredrik Zeller * 1996/1997 Moritz Eggert,

Detlef Heusinger Detlef Heusinger (born 1956 in Frankfurt) is a German composer and conductor. Since October 2006 he is head of the and thus the successor of André Richard. For 1996/97, he was awarded a scholarship at the Villa Massimo in Rome. In 2009, Heusin ...

* 1997/1998

Carola Bauckholt Carola Bauckholt (born 21 August 1959) is a German composer. She was born in Krefeld, West Germany. She worked at the Marienplatz Theater in Krefeld and studied music with Mauricio Kagel at the Cologne College of Music and Dance from 1978–84. ...

Markus Schmitt Marcus, Markus, Márkus or Mărcuș may refer to: * Marcus (name), a masculine given name * Marcus (praenomen), a Roman personal name Places * Marcus, a main belt asteroid, also known as (369088) Marcus 2008 GG44 * Mărcuş, a village in Dobârl ...

* 1998/1999

Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf (born 22 October 1962) is a German composer, editor and author. Career Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf was born in Mannheim, Germany, and studied composition with Brian Ferneyhough, Klaus Huber and Emanuel Nunes and music theory ...

Caspar Johannes Walter Caspar is a masculine given name. It may refer to: People * Caspar (magus), a name traditionally given to one of the Three Magi in the Bible who brought the baby Jesus gifts *Caspar Austa (born 1982), Estonian cyclist *Caspar Badrutt (1848–1904 ...

* 2003 Johannes Kalitzke * 2004 Carsten Hennig,

Jamilia Jazylbekova Jamila (russian: link=no, Джамиля , ky, Жамийла, ''Jamila'', ) is the first major novel by Chingiz Aytmatov, published originally in Russian in 1958. The novel is told from the point of view of a fictional Kyrgyz artist, Seit, who t ...

* 2005

Sebastian Claren Sebastian may refer to: People * Sebastian (name), including a list of persons with the name Arts, entertainment, and media Films and television * ''Sebastian'' (1968 film), British spy film * ''Sebastian'' (1995 film), Swedish drama film ...

Sergej Newski Sergej Pavlovich Newski (Сергей Павлович Невский), born 10 October 1972, is a Russian composer. Life Born in Moscow, Nevsky studied music theory at the Moscow Conservatory. He then continued his studies at the Hochschule ...

, Rudi Spring * 2006

Oliver Schneller Oliver Martin Schneller (born 26 March 1966 in Cologne) is a German composer and saxophonist. Life Schneller grew up in Ireland, Sudan, Belgium and the Philippines. After completing a MA in musicology, political science and history at the Universi ...

, Maxim Seloujanov * 2007

Dieter Dolezel Dieter Dolezel (born 28 July 1977) is a German composer and electronic guitarist. Life Dolezel was born in Munich. After initially studying philosophy at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, he first studied guitar at the . This was fol ...

Sylke Zimpel Sylke Zimpel (born 10 September 1959) is a German composer, choral conductor and lecturer. Life Born in Dresden, Zimpel studied at the Cottbus conservatory from 1971 to 1978. She then studied composition at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria ...

* 2008

Arnulf Herrmann Arnulf Herrmann (born in Heidelberg, 12 December 1968) is a German composer. After studying piano with Gernot Sieber at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich he enrolled at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber, where he studied c ...

, Stephan Winkler * 2009 Márton Illés,

Charlotte Seither Charlotte Seither (born 1965) is a German classical composer, pianist and music educator. She has composed a wide range of orchestral music, orchestral, chamber music, chamber and choral music, winning many awards including the 2014 German Music A ...

* 2010

Philipp Maintz Philipp Maintz (born 28 February 1977, in Aachen) is a German composer. Career Maintz studied composition with Michael Reudenbach and Robert HP Platz, and electronic music with Karlheinz Essl. He studied further at the CRFMW (Centre de Recher ...

Anno Schreier Anno Schreier (born 1979 Aachen Aachen ( ; ; Aachen dialect: ''Oche'' ; French and traditional English: Aix-la-Chapelle; or ''Aquisgranum''; nl, Aken ; Polish: Akwizgran) is, with around 249,000 inhabitants, the 13th-largest city in Nort ...

* 2011 Sven-Ingo Koch, Marc Sabat * 2012

Stefan Bartling Stefan may refer to: * Stefan (given name) * Stefan (surname) * Ștefan, a Romanian given name and a surname * Štefan, a Slavic given name and surname * Stefan (footballer) (born 1988), Brazilian footballer * Stefan Heym, pseudonym of Germa ...

, Hauke Berheide * 2013

Birke J. Bertelsmeier Birke Jasmin Bertelsmeier (born 23 April 1981) is a German composer. Life Born in Hilden, Bertelsmeier received piano lessons from Barbara Szczepanska and composition lessons from as a schoolgirl. After graduating from high school, she studied ...

, Stefan Johannes Hanke * 2014

Hanna Eimermacher Hannah or Hanna may refer to: People, biblical figures, and fictional characters * Hannah (name), a female given name of Hebrew origin * Hanna (Arabic name), a family and a male given name of Christian Arab origin * Hanna (Irish surname), a fami ...

, Vito Žuraj * 2016/2017

Torsten Herrmann Thorsten (Thorstein, Torstein, Torsten) is a Scandinavian given name. The Old Norse name was ''Þórsteinn''. It is a compound of the theonym ''Þór'' ('' Thor'') and ''steinn'' "stone", which became ''Thor'' and ''sten'' in Old Danish and Old ...

Lisa Streich Lisa or LISA may refer to: People People with the mononym * Lisa Lisa (born 1967), American actress and lead singer of the Cult Jam * Lisa (Japanese musician, born 1974), stylized "LISA", Japanese singer and producer * Lisa Komine (born 1978), ...

* 2017/2018

Gordon Kampe Gordon Kampe (born 10 September 1976) is a German composer and academic teacher. Career Kampe was born in Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He completed an apprenticeship as an electrician in 1995 and studied after his '' Abitur'' compos ...

Jay Schwartz Jay Schwartz (born 26 June 1965 in San Diego, California, US) is an American composer living in Europe. Early life His father was a professional boxer before becoming a swimming pool maintenance worker in San Diego. His mother was a housewif ...

* 2018/2019

Anna Korsun Anna Korsun ( uk, Анна Корсун, italic=no, born 1986) is a Ukrainian singer, pianist, organist, conductor, composer and academic teacher, based in Germany. Her works have been performed at major European festivals. Life Born in Donet ...

, Samy Moussa * 2019/2020

Torsten Rasch Torsten Rasch (born 1965 in Dresden) is a German composer of contemporary classical music. He lives in Berlin, but has found moderate success in the UK. Biography Torsten Rasch was born in Dresden in 1965 and began piano lessons at the age of s ...

, Ying Wang * 2020/2021 Unsuk Chin * 2021/2022

Stefan Goldmann Stefan Goldmann (born 1978) is a German-Bulgarian DJ and composer of electronic music. His work has been described as intelligent minimal techno. Rob Young: “Stefan Goldmann – Close to the edit”, WIRE Magazine, #314, April 2010 Career Sin ...

, Hanna Hartman,

Hans Lüdemann Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician ** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans ** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi ...

Writers

* 1959 Hans Magnus Enzensberger * 1961

Joseph Reding Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the m ...

* 1962 Uwe Johnson * 1972/1973 Rolf Dieter Brinkmann, Nicolas Born,

Heike Doutiné Heike may refer to: * Heike (given name), a (not exclusively) feminine given name, derived from the male name Anri (Henry) * Taira clan, sometimes referred to as "Heike" * Heike crab, a species of crab named after the Taira (Heike) clan * Heike O ...

, Alf Poss * 1981/1982

Hugo Dittberner Hugo Dittberner (born Gieboldehausen 16 November 1944) is a German writer. Early years Hugo Dittberner is the son of an accountant. Between 1956 and 1965 Dittberner attended a boarding school in Bad Nenndorf. After successfully completing his ...

Roland Lang Roland (; frk, *Hrōþiland; lat-med, Hruodlandus or ''Rotholandus''; it, Orlando or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the ...

* 1993

Hanns-Josef Ortheil Hanns-Josef Ortheil (born 5 November 1951, in Cologne) is a German author, scholar of German literature, and pianist. He has written many autobiographical and historical novels, some of which have been translated into 11 languages, according to Wor ...

Johanna Walser Johanna is a feminine name, a variant form of Joanna that originated in Latin in the Middle Ages, including an -h- by analogy with the Latin masculine name Johannes. The original Greek form ''Iōanna'' lacks a medial /h/ because in Greek /h/ cou ...

* 1991/1992 Herta Müller * 2003

Thomas Kunst Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Ap ...

* 2004

Marion Poschmann Marion Poschmann (born 15 December 1969 in Essen) is a German author, novelist, and poet. Life Marion Poschmann grew up in Mülheim an der Ruhr and Essen. From 1989 to 1995 she studied German, philosophy, and Slavic studies in Bonn and Berlin. ...

Dieter M. Gräf Dieter or dieter may refer to: * A person committed to dieting People Dieter is a German given name (), a short form of Dietrich, from ''theod+ric'' "people ruler", see Theodoric. Given name *Dieter Althaus (born 1958), German politician ...

* 2005

Julia Franck Julia Franck (born 1970, in East Berlin) is a German writer. Life Julia Franck, a twin, is the daughter of the actress Anna Katharina Franck and of the television producer Jürgen Sehmisch. In 1978 the family moved to West Berlin where they s ...

Feridun Zaimoğlu Feridun Zaimoğlu (born 4 December 1964, in Bolu) is a German author and visual artist of Turkish descent. Since 1995 Zaimoğlu has become one of the important poets of contemporary German language. His central themes are the problems of the seco ...

* 2006

Terézia Mora Terézia Mora (; born 5 February 1971) is a Hungarian writer, screenwriter and translator. Early life and education Terézia Mora was born in Sopron, Hungary, to a family with German roots and grew up bilingual. She moved to Germany after th ...

, Andreas Maier,

Gregor Sander Gregor is a masculine given name. Notable people and fictional characters with the name include: People * Gregor Abel (born 1949), Scottish footballer * Gregor Adlercreutz (1898–1944), Swedish equestrian * Gregor Aichinger (c. 1565–1628), Germ ...

* 2007

Ulf Stolterfoht Ulf Stolterfoht (born 8 June 1963 in Stuttgart) is a German writer. Life and work Ulf Stolterfoht opted out of military service and performed civilian service instead, after which he studied German and Linguistics in Bochum und Tübingen. Sto ...

Ingo Schulze Ingo Schulze (born 15 December 1962) is a German writer born in Dresden in former East Germany. He studied classical philology at the University of Jena for five years, and, until German reunification, was an assistant director (dramatic arts a ...

* 2008 Navid Kermani, Thorsten Becker * 2009 Rabea Edel,

Silke Scheuermann Silke Scheuermann (born 15 June 1973, in Karlsruhe) is a German poet and novelist. She was educated in Frankfurt, Leipzig, and Paris. She is best known for her debut novel ''Die Stunde zwischen Hund und Wolf'' (The Hour Between Dog and Wolf), wh ...

* 2010 Marcel Beyer, Kathrin Schmidt * 2011 Jan Wagner, Lutz Seiler * 2012

Katja Lange-Müller Katja Lange-Müller (born 13 February 1951) is a German writer living in Berlin. Her works include several short stories and novellas, radio dramas, and dramatic works. The daughter of Inge Lange, an East German party functionary, Katja Lange- ...

, * 2013

María Cecilia Barbetta María Cecilia Barbetta (born 8 July 1972 in Buenos Aires) is a German-language writer. Since 2011 she is a member of the PEN Centre Germany. In 2008, she won the Aspekte-Literaturpreis. Life Barbetta studied German as a foreign language in h ...

Sibylle Lewitscharoff Sibylle Lewitscharoff (born 16 April 1954) is a German author. Among her novels are ''Pong'' (1998), ''Apostoloff'' (2009) and ''Blumenberg'' (2011). She has received several German literary awards, including the Georg Büchner Prize in 2013. E ...

* 2014

Oswald Egger Oswald may refer to: People *Oswald (given name), including a list of people with the name *Oswald (surname), including a list of people with the name Fictional characters *Oswald the Reeve, who tells a tale in Geoffrey Chaucer's ''The Canterbur ...

, Martin Mosebach * 2015

Eva Menasse Eva Menasse (born 11 May 1970 in Vienna) is an Austrian author and journalist. She has studied history and German literature. Menasse had a successful career as a journalist, writing for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in Frankfurt and as a ...

* 2016/2017

Heike Geißler Heike Geissler (born 5 April 1977) is a German author. She is a recipient of the Alfred Döblin Prize. Life Heike Geissler was born in Riesa, Bezirk Dresden, East Germany, on 5 April 1977. She grew up in Riesa and Karl-Marx-Stadt/Chemnitz. I ...

Nina Jäckle Nina Jäckle (born 20 May 1966 in Schwenningen) is a German writer and filmmaker. Life Nina Jäckle was born in Schwenningen in the Black Forest and grew up in Stuttgart. After Mittlere Reife, Jäckle pursued the career goal of becoming a tra ...

Hartmut Lange Hartmut is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Hartmut of Saint Gall (died 905), Benedictine abbot *Hartmut Bagger (born 1938), retired German general of the Bundeswehr *Hartmut Becker (born 1938), German actor *Hartmut Boockmann ...

* 2017/2018

Iris Hanika Iris Hanika (born 1962) is a German writer. She was born in Würzburg, grew up in Bad Königshofen and has lived in Berlin since 1979, where she studied Universal and Comparative Literature at the FU Berlin. She was a regular contributor to Germa ...

Uljana Wolf Uljana Wolf is a German poet and translator (from English and Polish) known for exploring multilingualism in her work. Wolf works in both Berlin and New York. She teaches German at New York University. Uljana Wolf was born in East Berlin in 1979. ...

* 2018/2019

Nico Bleutge Naftiran Intertrade Company limited (NICO) is a Swiss-based subsidiary of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC). NICO is a general contractor for the oil and gas industry. NIOC buys the vast majority of Iran's gasoline imports. NICO is a key pl ...

Thomas von Steinaecker Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Ap ...

* 2019/2020

Peter Wawerzinek Peter Wawerzinek (born 28 September 1954 as Peter Runkel) is a German artist and writer."I'll find you/Bad l ...

Practical scholarship

* 2008

Christine Birkle Christine may refer to: People * Christine (name), a female given name Film * ''Christine'' (1958 film), based on Schnitzler's play ''Liebelei'' * ''Christine'' (1983 film), based on King's novel of the same name * ''Christine'' (1987 fil ...

, Friedrich Forssman,

Valentina Simeonova Valentina may refer to: Entertainment Film * ''Valentina'' (1950 film), a 1950 Argentine film * ''Valentina'' (2008 film), a 2008 Argentine film Television * ''Valentina'' (1993 telenovela), a 1993 Mexican telenovela * Valentina (2013 telenov ...

Till Verclas image:Geschiebemergel.JPG, Closeup of glacial till. Note that the larger grains (pebbles and gravel) in the till are completely surrounded by the matrix of finer material (silt and sand), and this characteristic, known as ''matrix support'', is d ...

, Josef Wagner * 2009 Martin Claßen,

Armin Holz Armin (Armyn) is a given name or surname, and is: * An ancient Indo-European name: ** a German/Dutch given name, *** a modern form of the name Arminius (18/17 BC–AD 21), a German prince who defeated a Roman army in the Battle of the Teutoburg F ...

, Otto Sander,

Helene Scharge Helene or Hélène may refer to: People *Helene (given name), a Greek feminine given name *Helen of Troy, the daughter of Zeus and Leda *Helene, a figure in Greek mythology who was a friend of Aphrodite and helped her seduce Adonis *Helene (Ama ...

, Sasha Waltz,

Carolin Widmann Carolin Widmann (born 1976) is a German classical violinist. The sister of composer and clarinetist Jörg Widmann, she focuses mainly on contemporary music. She plays a violin made in 1782 by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini. Career Born in Munich ...

* 2010

Konstantin Grcic Konstantin Grcic ( sr-cyr, Константин грчић, born 1965) is a German industrial designer known for creating mass-manufactured items, such as furniture and household products. He has participated in leading design shows and his work ...

Wolfram Gabler Wolfram may refer to: * Wolfram (name) * Wolfram, an alternative name for the chemical element tungsten * Wolfram Research, a software company known for the symbolic computation program Mathematica ** Wolfram Language, the programming language use ...

Marisol Montalvo Marisol is a Spanish name, a shortened form of ''María de la Soledad'' ("Mary of heSolitude"), a title given to the Virgin Mary. Literally translated, Marisol is a portmanteau of "mar" + "y" + "sol" in Spanish—which in conjunction mean "sea ...

, Stephan Müller,

Anna Viebrock Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) ...

Tanja Wesse Tanja ( sr, Тања) is a feminine given name. It may refer to: Mononyms *''Tanja'' (born 1983), Russian-Estonian singer, also known as Tanja Mihhailova Given name * Tanja Andrejeva (born 1978), Macedonian handball player *Tanja Bogosavljevi� ...

Werner J. Wolff Werner may refer to: People * Werner (name), origin of the name and people with this name as surname and given name Fictional characters * Werner (comics), a German comic book character * Werner Von Croy, a fictional character in the ''Tomb Ra ...

* 2011

Peter Zizka Peter Zizka (born 16 December 1961) is a German designer and conceptual artist. Life Zizka is the younger son of the social politician Walburga Zizka (Christian Democratic Union of Germany) and Cyril Zizka, of Czech descendant. Initially tra ...

Soo-Jin Yim Heil Soo-jin, also spelled Su-jin or Sue-jin, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 67 hanja with the reading "soo" and 48 hanja with the reading "jin" on the South Ko ...

Michael Riessler Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...

Jan Kollwitz Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article N ...

Lothar Baumgarten Lothar Baumgarten (5 October 1944 – 2 December 2018) was a German conceptual artist, based in New York and Berlin. His work includes installation and also film. Early life and education Born 1944 in Rheinsberg, Germany, Baumgarten attended ...

* 2012 Till Brönner,

Jacqueline Huste Jacqueline may refer to: People * Jacqueline (given name), including a list of people with the name * Jacqueline Moore (born 1964), ring name "Jacqueline", American professional wrestler Arts and entertainment * ''Jacqueline'' (1923 film) ...

Jim Rakete Günther "Jim" Rakete (German: ʒɪm ʁakeːtə born 1 January 1951 in Berlin, Germany) is a photographer, photojournalist, filmmaker, writer and producer based in Berlin. Rakete shot numerous personalities from the German and international mu ...

, Wolfgang Sattler, Markus Schroer,

Phillip Stollmann Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who populariz ...

* 2013

Christian Brückner Christian Brückner is a German voice actor and actor. Brückner provides the German voice-dubbing for such actors as Gary Oldman, Robert De Niro, Robert Redford, Martin Sheen, Harvey Keitel, Burt Reynolds, Dennis Hopper, Gérard Depardi ...

, Dieter Froelich,

Barbara Klemm Barbara Klemm (born 27 December 1939 in Münster) is a German press photographer. She worked for ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'' for 45 years. She photographed many of the most important events in recent German history and has received honors, ...

Eike König Eike is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Eike Batista (born 1956), entrepreneur * Eike Bram (born 1965), handball player * Eike Duarte (born 1997), actor * Eike Duckwitz (born 1980), field hockey playe ...

Jaroslav Poncar Jaroslav (also written as Yaroslav or Jarosław in other Slavic languages) is a Czech and Slovak first name, pagan in origin. There are several possible origins of the name Jaroslav. It is very likely that originally the two elements of the nam ...

* 2014 Stefan Sagmeister, Jan-Ole Gerster,

Emmanuel Heringer Immanuel ( he, עִמָּנוּאֵל, 'Īmmānū'ēl, meaning, "God is with us"; also romanized: , ; and or in Koine Greek of the New Testament) is a Hebrew name that appears in the Book of Isaiah (7:14) as a sign that God will protect the H ...

Paul Lovens Paul Lovens (born 6 June 1949) is a German musician. He plays drums, percussion, singing saw, and cymbals. He has performed with the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra and Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra. He was born in Aachen, Germany. In the early ...

, Saam Schlamminger * 2015

Andreas Uebele Andreas ( el, Ἀνδρέας) is a name usually given to males in Austria, Greece, Cyprus, Denmark, Armenia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Finland, Flanders, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Romania, the Netherlands, and Indonesia. The ...

Manos Tsangaris Manos Tsangaris (born 8 December 1956) is a German composer, musician, sound art installation and performance artist, and a poet. Life Born in Düsseldorf, Tsangaris studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln from 1976 to 1983 composit ...

, Tobias Müller,

Bernd Grimm Bernd Grimm (born 1962) is a German product designer, architectural model builder and artist. He became known through the creation of architectural models of historical and antique buildings. Ten of his models belong to the collection of the arc ...

Andreas Bode Andreas ( el, Ἀνδρέας) is a name usually given to males in Austria, Greece, Cyprus, Denmark, Armenia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Finland, Flanders, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Romania, the Netherlands, and Indonesia. The ...

, Bettina Blümner * 2016/2017

Anna Depenbusch Anna Depenbusch (; born 17 October 1977) is a German singer and musician. Career Prior to her solo career, she was a background singer for a group called , In 2002 and 2003, she contributed vocals to several albums by Max Melvin under the n ...

Corinna Oschmann Corinna or Korinna ( grc, Κόριννα, Korinna) was an ancient Greek lyric poet from Tanagra in Boeotia. Although ancient sources portray her as a contemporary of Pindar (born ), not all modern scholars accept the accuracy of this tradi ...

Iain Dilthey Iain Dilthey (born 1971 in Scotland) is a British film director. Filmography * '' Ich werde dich auf Händen tragen'' (2000) * ''The Longing'' (2002) * '' Gefangene'' (2006) Awards He was awarded the Golden Leopard at the 2002 Locarno Interna ...

Joachim Sauter Joachim Sauter (16 May 1959 – 10 July 2021) was a German media artist, designer and technology entrepreneur. He was appointed Professor for New Media Art and Design at the Universität der Künste Berlin, UdK (Berlin University of the Arts) in ...

Philip Gröning Philip Gröning (born 7 April 1959 in Düsseldorf) is a German director, documentary film maker and screenwriter. Career Gröning was raised in Germany and US, but also traveled extensively. He studied Medicine and Psychology before beginning in ...

, Susanne Schimk * 2017/2018

Werner Aisslinger Werner Aisslinger (born 3 November 1964 in Nördlingen) is a German furniture Furniture refers to movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating (e.g., stools, chairs, and sofas), eating (tables), storing item ...

Mojca Erdmann Mojca Erdmann (born 29 December 1975) is a German soprano who is particularly associated with the Mozart operas. She created the role of Ariadne in Rihm's ''Dionysos'' at the Salzburg Festival. Career Born in Hamburg, Erdmann sang in the chi ...

* 2018/2019 Pan Daijing, Marie-Elisabeth Hecker,

Martin Helmchen Martin Helmchen (born 1982) is a German pianist. He has played with international orchestras and has recorded discs of many classical composers. Life Helmchen was born in Berlin. He began his piano studies at the age of six, and graduated from th ...

, Rike Schmid,

Oliver Siegelin Oliver may refer to: Arts, entertainment and literature Books * ''Oliver the Western Engine'', volume 24 in ''The Railway Series'' by Rev. W. Awdry * ''Oliver Twist'', a novel by Charles Dickens Fictional characters * Ariadne Oliver ...

, Patrick Thomas

References

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