Handel Music Prize

The Handel Music Prize, in German Händel-Preis, is an annual award presented by the city of Halle, in Germany, in honour of the celebrated Baroque composer George Frideric Handel. It is awarded “for exceptional artistic, academic or politico-cultural services as far as these are connected with the city of Halle’s Handel commemoration”. The prize consists of a diploma, a gold and enamel badge, and 10,000 euros in prize money and is presented during the annual Handel Festival, Halle. It was first awarded in 1993, to the British conductor Nicholas McGegan.

List of prizewinners

• 1993: Nicholas McGegan (conductor)
• 1994: Axel Köhler (countertenor)
• 1995: Winton Dean (musicologist)
• 1996: Howard Arman (conductor)
• 1997: Emma Kirkby (soprano)
• 1998: Helmut Gleim (organist)
• 1999: Trevor Pinnock (harpsichordist, conductor)
• 2000: Donald Burrows (musicologist)
• 2001: John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
• 2002: Jean-Claude Malgoire (conductor)
• 2003: Marc Minkowski (conductor)
• 2004: Wolfgang Katschner (lute, conductor)
• 2005: Stanley Sadie (musicologist)
• 2006: Klaus Froboese (director of the Halle Opera House)
• 2007: Paul Goodwin (oboe, conductor)
• 2008: Christopher Hogwood (conductor)
• 2009: Jordi Savall (viol player)
• 2010: Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano)
• 2011: Wolfgang Ruf (President of the Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Gesellschaft Halle, 1995-2009)

Sources

• Händel Festspiele, Handel Music Prize winners. Retrieved 31 May 2011.