The Reinhold-Schneider-Preis (Reinhold Schneider Prize) is the cultural prize awarded by the German town of

Freiburg im Breisgau Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population o ...

. It has been awarded biennially since 1960, alternating between

literature Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include ...

music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspect ...

and

art Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. There is no generally agreed definition of wha ...

. In addition to the main prize of €15,000, a ''Förderpreis'' (scholarship) of €6,000 is awarded. A connection of the recipient to Freiburg is essential, since that was the case for the writer

Reinhold Schneider Reinhold Schneider (Baden-Baden, May 13, 1903 – Freiburg im Breisgau, April 6, 1958) was a German poet who also wrote novels. Initially his works were less religious, but later his poetry had a Christian and specifically Catholic influence ...

for whom the prize is named.

Recipients

* 1960:

Franz Philipp Franz Joseph Philipp (August 24, 1890 – June 2, 1972) was a German church musician and composer. He studied and later taught various instruments including organ, worked as a composer, directed a conservatory, and founded a school for organ, a ch ...

(music) * 1962: Franz Schneller (literature) * 1964: Rudolf Riester (art) * 1966: Theodor Egel (music),

Dietrich von Bausznern Dietrich von Bausznern (March 19, 1928 – January 20, 1980) was a German composer, cantor, organist and music teacher. Bausznern was born in Rastenburg, East Prussia, now Kętrzyn in present-day Poland. He wrote more than 300 compositions in ...

(Förderpreis), Peter Förtig (Förderpreis) * 1968: Kurt Heynicke (literature) * 1970: Walter Schelenz (art), Jürgen Brodwolf (Förderpreis) * 1972:

Wolfgang Fortner Wolfgang Fortner (12 October 1907 – 5 September 1987) was a German composer, composition teacher and conductor. Life Fortner was born in Leipzig. From his parents, who were both singers, Fortner very early on had intense contact with music. ...

(music) * 1974:

Christoph Meckel Christoph Meckel (12 June 1935 – 29 January 2020) was a German author and graphic artist. He received awards for his works which connect illustrations with the written text, sometimes texts by others. Life Born in Berlin, Meckel spent his yo ...

(literature, art) * 1976:

Peter Dreher Peter Dreher (26 August 1932 – 20 February 2020) was a German artist and academic teacher. He painted series of landscapes, interiors, flowers and skulls, beginning his series ''Tag um Tag guter Tag'' in 1974. As a professor of painting, he inf ...

(art), Rudolf Dischinger (Förderpreis) * 1978: Carl Seemann (music),

Wolfgang Rihm Wolfgang Rihm (born 13 March 1952) is a German composer and academic teacher. He is musical director of the Institute of New Music and Media at the University of Music Karlsruhe and has been composer in residence at the Lucerne Festival and the Sa ...

(Förderpreis) * 1980:

Peter Huchel Peter Huchel (April 3, 1903 – April 30, 1981), born Hellmut Huchel, was a German poet and editor. Life Huchel was born in Lichterfelde (now part of Berlin). From 1923 to 1926, Huchel studied literature and philosophy in Berlin, Freiburg and ...

(literature), Maria Wimmer (Förderpreis) * 1982: Karl-Heinz Scherer (art), Bernd Völkle (Förderpreis), Susi Juvan (Förderpreis) * 1984:

Klaus Huber Klaus Huber (30 November 1924 – 2 October 2017) was a Swiss composer and academic based in Basel and Freiburg. Among his students were Brian Ferneyhough, Michael Jarrell, Younghi Pagh-Paan, Toshio Hosokawa, Wolfgang Rihm, and Kaija Saariaho. ...

(music), Ernst Helmuth Flammer (Förderpreis), Frank Michael (Förderpreis) * 1986:

Walter Dirks Walter Dirks (8 January 1901 in Hörde, North Rhine-Westphalia – 30 May 1991 in Wittnau, Baden-Württemberg), was a German people, German political commentator, theologian, and journalist. Life and career From 1923 he wrote for the literary sect ...

(literature), Nina Gladitz (Förderpreis), Peter Krieg (Förderpreis) * 1988: Artur Stoll (art), Christine Gerstel-Naubereit (Förderpreis), Lotte Paepke (Förderpreis) * 1990: Experimentalstudio des SWR:

Hans Peter Haller Hans Peter Haller (26 October 1929 – 16 April 2006) was a German composer and pioneer of electroacoustic music. Life Born in Radolfzell, Haller studied church music in Heidelberg from 1947 and took composition lessons with Wolfgang Fortne ...

and

André Richard André Richard (born 18 April 1944) is a Swiss composer and conductor. Life Born in Bern, Richard studied singing, music theory and music composition first at the Conservatoire de musique de Genève and later at the Hochschule für Musik Freibur ...

(music), Walter Mossmann (Förderpreis) * 1993: Allmende,

Arnold Stadler Arnold Stadler (born 1954) is a German writer, essayist and translator. Life He was born on 9 April 1954 in Meßkirch in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Stadler grew up on a farm in Rast, a small village adjoinin ...

(Förderpreis) * 1995: Svetlana Geier (literature), Ragni Maria Gschwend (Förderpreis) * 1997: Peter Staechelin (art), Viola Keiser (Förderpreis), Hans Rath (Förderpreis) * 1999:

Edith Picht-Axenfeld Edith Picht-Axenfeld (Freiburg im Breisgau, 1 January 1914 – Hinterzarten, 19 April 2001) was a German pianist and harpsichordist. Career She started her concert career in 1935, and took part two years later in the III International Chopin Pian ...

(music), Günter Steinke (Förderpreis) * 2002: Kyra Stromberg (literature), Helma und

Bernhard Hassenstein Bernhard Hassenstein (31 May 1922 – 16 April 2016) was a German biologist and psychobiology, psychobiologist. Life and work Bernhard Hassenstein was a student of behavioral physiologist Erich von Holst and one of the leading researchers in the ...

(Ehrengabe), Annette Pehnt (Stipendium) * 2004: Peter Vogel (art), Freya Richter (scholarship), Sabine Wannenmacher (scholarship) * 2006:

Freiburger Barockorchester Freiburger Barockorchester (Freiburg Baroque Orchestra) is a German Baroque orchestra founded in 1987, with the mission statement: "to enliven the world of Baroque music with new sounds". History The orchestra is based in Freiburg im Breisgau. ...

(music), Dieter Ilg (Förderpreis) * 2008: Wolfgang Heidenreich (literature), Martin Gülich (Förderpreis), Erika Glassen and Jens Peter Laut (Ehrengabe) * 2010: Thomas Kitzinger (art), Beatrice Adler und Stefanie Gerhardt (Stipendium) * 2012:

Rainer Kussmaul Rainer Kussmaul (3 June 1946 – 27 March 2017) was a German Grammy Award-winning violinist and conductor. Kussmaul was born in Mannheim and studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart. He was professor in Freiburg, first concertmaster of ...

(music), Cécile Verny Quartet and Günter A. Buchwald (Förderpreis) * 2014:

Klaus Theweleit Klaus Theweleit (born 7 February 1942) is a German sociologist and writer. Life Theweleit was born in Ebenrode, East Prussia (now Nesterov, Russia), the son of a railway company worker and a Jewish mother. He wrote the following about his fath ...

(literature) and Lisa Kränzler (Stipendium) * 2016: Susi Juvan (art), Andreas von Ow (Stipendium) and Helga Marten (Ehrengabe) * 2018:

ensemble recherche The ensemble recherche is a German classical music ensemble of nine soloists, especially dedicated to contemporary music. Founded in Freiburg im Breisgau in 1985, they premiered some 500 works. They were awarded the Schneider-Schott Music Prize ...

(music), Ralf Schmid (Stipendium) and BAR (Stipendium) * 2020:

Dietmar Dath Dietmar Dath (born 3 April 1970) is a German author, journalist and translator. Life Born in Rheinfelden, Dath grew up in Schopfheim, Germany, and finished high school in Freiburg. After civilian service he studied German studies and physics i ...

(literatur), Stefanie Höfler (Stipendium), Iris Wolff (Stipendium) and Evelyn Grill (Ehrenpreis) * 2020: Graham Smith and Maria Pires (art), Theater der Immoralisten (Stipendium), Vanessa Valk and Jens Burde (Stipendium), Renate Obermaier and Heinz Spagl (Ehrenpreis)

References

External links

* {{official, https://www.freiburg.de/pb/,Lde/229732.html German awards Awards established in 1960