Leopold is a biennial German media prize for music for children, subtitled "Gute Musik für Kinder" (Good music for children). The price was initiated in 1997 by the (VDM, association of German music schools), supported by the

Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth The Federal Ministry of Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (; abbreviated BMBFSFJ) is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. It is headquartered in Berlin with a secondary seat in Bonn. The ministr ...

as a quality label for recommended recordings of music for children. From 2001, the broadcaster

Westdeutscher Rundfunk (; "West German Broadcasting Cologne"), shortened to WDR (), is a German public broadcasting, public-broadcasting institution based in the States of Germany, Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia with its main office in Cologne. WDR is a const ...

has been a cultural partner of the VdM. Therefore, the award ceremonies are normally held at the hall in

Cologne Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...

External links

* {{official, https://www.musikschulen.de/projekte/leopold/index.html German music awards