The Bach Medal (German: Bach-Medaille) is awarded by the Lord Mayor of Leipzig during the Bachfest Leipzig in recognition of efforts to promote the work of Johann Sebastian Bach. The Bach Medal of the City of Leipzig is an annual award.
| Bach Medal | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | "efforts to promote the work of Johann Sebastian Bach" |
| Location | Leipzig |
| Country | Germany |
| Presented by | Lord Mayor Leipzig, Bachfest Leipzig |
| Reward(s) | Medal (Meissen porcelain) |
| First awarded | 2003 |
| Website | www |
Jury
edit- Members of the artistic directorate of Bachfest
- Thomaskantor
- Rector of the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig
- Gewandhauskapellmeister
- Intendant of Leipzig Opera
Recipients
edit- 2003 Gustav Leonhardt
- 2004 Helmuth Rilling
- 2005 Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- 2006 Ton Koopman
- 2007 Nikolaus Harnoncourt
- 2008 Hermann Max
- 2009 Frieder Bernius
- 2010 Philippe Herreweghe
- 2011 Herbert Blomstedt
- 2012 Masaaki Suzuki[3]
- 2013 Peter Schreier
- 2014 Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
- 2015 Peter Neumann
- 2016 Peter Kooij
- 2017 Reinhard Goebel[4]
- 2018 Robert D. Levin[5]
- 2019 Klaus Mertens[6]
- 2020 Angela Hewitt[7]
- 2021 Christoph Wolff and Hans-Joachim Schulze[8]
- 2022 András Schiff[9]
- 2023 Thomanerchor[10]
- 2024 Andreas Staier[11]
References
edit- ^ "Bach-Medaille 2017: Auszeichnung für Reinhard Goebel". BR-KLASSIK (in German). 14 June 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ "Angela Hewitt erhält Bach-Medaille". stereo.de (in German). 14 November 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ "Masaaki Suzuki to receive Bach Medal 2012". Yale University. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ Pizzey, Rebecca (6 June 2017). "Reinhard Goebel awarded Bach Medal". rhinegold.co.uk. London: Rhinegold Publishing. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ "Pianist Robert Levin bekommt Leipziger Bach-Medaille 2018". neue musikzeitung (Press release) (in German). Regensburg: ConBrio Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. dpa. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ Dippel, Roland H. (16 June 2019). "Leipziger Bach-Medaille an Klaus Mertens überreicht". Leipziger Volkszeitung (in German). Leipzig. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "Angela Hewitt erhält Bach-Medaille 2020". Pizzicato (in German). Luxembourg. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Bach-Medaille für zwei Musikwissenschaftler". Süddeutsche.de (in German). dpa. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ "Bach-Medaille für Pianisten Sir András Schiff – neue musikzeitung". nmz (in German). 29 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ "Thomanerchor erhält Bach-Medaille der Stadt Leipzig – neue musikzeitung". nmz (in German). 5 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- ^ "Andreas Staier mit der Bach-Medaille der Stadt Leipzig geehrt". Leipziger Zeitung (in German). 16 June 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
External links
editOfficial website (in English and German)