It starts in 2017, marking the 50th anniversary of the Easter Festival her husband founded in Salzburg, and it’s being endowed ‘in the spirit’ of his achievements. It’s worth 50 grand in Euros to the winner.
Anyone we’d care to nominate?
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Grigory Sokolov
The prize goes to the slowest recording of the year!
(No recordings of works less than 100 years old need apply)
The prize goes to Christian Thielemann, of course.
Now that is quite from left field, but what a good idea. I would never have thought of it!
Sorry to spoil the narrative, but Thielemann probably belongs with the prize committee. The prize is supposed to go a new generation artist.
http://salzburg.orf.at/news/stories/2735652/
According to the link the prize “should be awarded to musicians whose excellence found worldwide recognition. It will be awarded also to young artists (…)”, and there is no reference to Christian Thielemann belonging to the prize committee.
…but what you don’t report is that it is apoarently being taken away from Baden-Baden where it has been hitherto…
That’s indeed the most pressing question following the announcement of this “new” Karajan price. No answer in the public statements. But hardly can there be two Karajan prices in the future???
Dudamel !!!! all the way
Eschenbach. Why, he could use the cash. /snicker, snicker.