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

Freiburg im Breisgau Freiburg im Breisgau or simply Freiburg is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fourth-largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, Mannheim and Karlsruhe. Its built-up area has a population of abou ...

. It has been awarded biennially since 1960, alternating between

literature Literature is any collection of Writing, written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels, Play (theatre), plays, and poetry, poems. It includes both print and Electroni ...

music Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of Musical form, form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise Musical expression, expressive content. Music is generally agreed to be a cultural universal that is present in all hum ...

and

art Art is a diverse range of cultural activity centered around ''works'' utilizing creative or imaginative talents, which are expected to evoke a worthwhile experience, generally through an expression of emotional power, conceptual ideas, tec ...

. 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, as 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 ...

, after whom the prize is named.

Recipients

* 1960:

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

(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 Peter Förtig (15 March 1934 – 12 April 2024) was a German composer and music theorist. Life and career Born in Pforzheim, Förtig received his first piano lessons at the age of eight with Hedwig Fuchs and from the age of 11 onwards he rece ...

(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, academic composition teacher and conductor. Life and career Fortner was born in Leipzig. From his parents, who were both singers, Fortner very early on had intense ...

(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 you ...

(literature, art) * 1976: Peter Dreher (art), Rudolf Dischinger (Förderpreis) * 1978: Carl Seemann (music),

Wolfgang Rihm Wolfgang Rihm (; 13 March 1952 – 27 July 2024) was a German composer of contemporary classical music and an academic teacher based in Karlsruhe. He was an influential post-war European composer, as "one of the most original and independent mus ...

(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 Saaria ...

(music), Ernst Helmuth Flammer (Förderpreis), Frank Michael (Förderpreis) * 1986: Walter Dirks (literature), Nina Gladitz (Förderpreis), Peter Krieg (Förderpreis) * 1988: Artur Stoll (art), Christine Gerstel-Naubereit (Förderpreis), Lotte Paepke (Förderpreis) * 1990: :

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 (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 (1 January 1914 in Freiburg im Breisgau – 19 April 2001 in Hinterzarten) 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 ...

(music),

Günter Steinke Günter Steinke (born 24 April 1956) is a German composer and teacher. He is currently professor of instrumental composition at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany. Biography Steinke was born 24 April 1956 in Lübeck. He studi ...

(Förderpreis) * 2002: Kyra Stromberg (literature), Helma und Bernhard Hassenstein (Ehrengabe),

Annette Pehnt Annette Pehnt (born 1967 in Cologne) is a German writer and literary critic. She lives in Freiburg in Baden-Württemberg. After graduating from school in 1986 Pehnt performed voluntary social work in Belfast. After a year living in Scotland, sh ...

(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 (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 Ensemble Recherche is a German contemporary classical music ensemble with nine fixed members. Founded in Freiburg im Breisgau in 1985, the ensemble has premiered more than 1,000 works, dozens of which have since come to be recognised as masterwo ...

(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, West Germany, and finished high school in Freiburg. After civilian service he studied German studies and phys ...

(literatur), Stefanie Höfler (Stipendium),

Iris Wolff Iris Wolff (born 28 July 1977 as Martina Iris Wolff) is a German writer. Life Wolff was born in Sibiu (''Hermannstadt''), a city in the Transylvania region of what was then the Socialist Republic of Romania. Part of the Transylvanian Saxon co ...

(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) * 2022: Cristina Ohlmer (art), Florian Thate (Stipendium), Emeka Udemba (Stipendium), Annette Merkenthaler (Ehrenpreis), Reinhild Dettmer-Finke (art), Anas Kahal (Stipendium), Gründungsmitglieder der Freiburger Medienwerkstatt e. V. (Ehrenpreis) * 2024: Murat Coşkun (music), Friederike Scheunchen (Stipendium), Mädchenkantorei am Freiburger Münster (Stipendium)

References

External links

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