Hans Stieber Prize

The Hans Stieber Prize is a promotional prize for composers of serious and light music, which is awarded by the fiduciary trust Hans Stieber Foundation of the Landesverband Sachsen-Anhalt Deutscher Komponistenverband [de] based in Halle (Saale). The name giver and dedicatee is Hans Stieber (1886–1969), composer and founding director of the Staatliche Hochschule für Theater und Musik Halle [de].

It was donated after Stieber's death by his widow Gretl Stieber in 1977 from his inheritance and awarded annually until 1989 to mainly young composers of the GDR.[1] After the Peaceful Revolution, Stieber's heirs asserted a replevin regarding the foundation's assets, which meant that the award had to be suspended for the time being.[2]

A judgment of the Naumburg Higher Regional Court [de] and a financial increase by the Saalesparkasse in Halle made the revival of the prize by the LVDK under the direction of Thomas Buchholz possible in 2000.[2] The latter now offered the prize every two to four years as part of a competition for young composers as well as for musicologists publishing in the field of Neue Musik.[3] It has since been awarded as part of the contemporary music festival Hallische Musiktage.

Competition rules

The competition conditions were adapted in the course of the 2000s. Applicants up to the age of 23[3] or 25 with residence in the Federal Republic of Germany can take part. In order to deepen Germany's relationship with Eastern Europe and the CIS states, the residence criterion was then dropped for these participants.

An independent Jury selects the prize winners from anonymous scores.[4] It is composed of the Board of Trustees of the Hans Stieber Foundation (chair: Willi Vogl, later Bernhard Schneyer), other appointed jurors and the advisory jury member Thomas Buchholz. The members are usually composers (among others Günter Neubert) and conductors.[4]

The divisible prize money amounts to 1,000 euros[3] (previously 2,000 D-Mark[5]). Furthermore, prizes in kind will be awarded, including participation in a summer course of the Composers' Class Saxony-Anhalt. The award ceremony takes place within the framework of the Hallische Musiktage.[6] For this purpose, a festive concert will be held at the Handel House in Halle.[7]

The scores of the prize-winning works will be transferred to the archives of the Bibliothek der Stiftung Händel-Haus [de] in Halle.[8]

Prize winners

1977–1989

Ulrike Liedtke (1988 laureate)
Year Laureate Origin
1977[9] Manfred Weiss Dresden
1978[10] Gerd Domhardt Halle (Saale)
1979[11] Wilfried Krätzschmar Dresden
1980[12] Reinhard Pfundt Leipzig
1981 Johannes Wallmann Berlin
1982 Thomas Hertel Dresden
1983[13] Ralf Hoyer Berlin
1984[14] Frank Petzold Magdeburg
1985[15] Juro Mětšk Bautzen
1986 Thomas Reuter Halle (Saale)
1987[16] Bernd Franke Leipzig
1988 Ulrike Liedtke Berlin
1989 Helmut Zapf Gera

Since 2000

Year Laureate Origin Winning piece(s) Performer of the premiere
2000[2][8] Arno Lücker /
Johannes Kreidler 		Langenhagen
Dornhan/Leinstetten 		Variationen über ein Thema von Sergej Prokofiew (aus Op. 39) for oboe, viola and bassoon /
Baum und Landschaft. Music for viola and guitar 		Ensemble Sortisatio, Leipzig
2002 Jakob Neubauer Berlin Stockungen for flute, violin, violoncello and piano Ralf Mielke (flute), Hendrik Hochschild (violin, Hinnes Goudschaal (cello) and Dirk Fischbeck (piano)
2005[a] Tobias Klich Weimar Galgenliederbuch for voice, viola and piano Member of the Sinfonietta Dresden
2009[b] Johann Friedrich Röpke Magdeburg Ensemble courage, Dresden

Notes

  1. ^ Katharina Schmauder received a recognition diploma for her work Zahnschmerzenblues.[17]
  2. ^ Adrian Laugsch received an audience award for his work Mein Herz, mein Herz.[4]

References

  1. ^ Gilbert Stöck: Neue Musik in den Bezirken Halle und Magdeburg zur Zeit der DDR. Compositions, Politics, Institutions. Schröder, Leipzig 2008, ISBN 978-3-926196-50-7, p. 179.
  2. ^ a b c Andreas Hillger: Hallische Musiktage. Searching for the soul of modernity. Composers' association revives Hans Stieber Prize. In Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, 28 November 2000.
  3. ^ a b c Hans-Stieber-Preis. Archived 2020-06-22 at the Wayback Machine Website of the Deutsches Musikinformationszentrum; retrieved 25 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b c Zwei Dresdner Schüler unter den Gewinner. In: Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten, 26 November 2009, p. 10.
  5. ^ Andreas Hillger: Thomas Buchholz. Relentless advocate in the service of modernity. Composer fights for the future of the Hallische Musiktage. In Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, 7 November 2000.
  6. ^ Hallische Musiktage. Love for Romanticism, Courage for Tradition. Tomorrow the Hans Stieber Prize will be awarded. In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, 9 November 2002.
  7. ^ Claudia Crodel: Hallische Musiktage. Ten concerts of new music. 50 works by 43 composers to be heard. In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, 4 November 2000.
  8. ^ a b Kompositionspreis Hans Stieber. In Händel-Hausmitteilungen 3/2000, p. 33.
  9. ^ Manfred Weiss, komponistenlexikon.de; retrieved 25 August 2021.
  10. ^ Liedtke, Ulrike (10 August 2021). "Domhardt, Gerd". MGG Online (in German). Retrieved 25 August 2021. (subscription required)
  11. ^ Stieber-Preis zum dritten Mal verliehen. In Freiheit, 26 April 1979, p. 5.
  12. ^ Hans Stieber gewürdigt. In Freiheit, 24 October 1980, p. 12.
  13. ^ Hans-Stieber-Preis wurde verliehen. In Neues Deutschland, 12 March 1983, Jg. 38, Ausgabe 60, p. 4.
  14. ^ Auszeichnung mit Hans-Stieber-Preis. In Neues Deutschland, 3 March 1984, Jg. 39, Ausgabe 54, p. 7.
  15. ^ Junger Bautzener Komponist erhielt Hans-Stieber-Preis. In Freiheit, 2 March 1985, p. 2.
  16. ^ Bernd Franke, website of the Sächsischen Akademie der Künste; retrieved 25 August 2021.
  17. ^ "SCHMAUDER, Katharina Komponistenlexikon". Deutscher Komponistenverband (in German). Retrieved 25 August 2021.

Further reading

  • Axel Schiederjürgen (Red.): Kürschners Musiker-Handbuch. Solisten, Dirigenten, Komponisten, Hochschullehrer. 5th edition. Saur, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-598-24212-3, p. 631.
  • Manfred Weiss: Hallische Musikgeschichte: Erinnerungen an Hans Stieber. Festrede anlässlich der Verleihung des Hans-Stieber-Preises 2000 gehalten am 26.11.2000 im Händel-Haus von Prof. Manfred Weiss. In Händel-Hausmitteilungen, 3/2000, pp. 31–33.