Mozartinterpretationspreis
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The Mozart Medal or Mozartinterpretationspreis was a music award named after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
and administered by the Mozartgemeinde Wien (Vienna Mozart Society). It was given from 1963 to 1999.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
and administered by the Mozartgemeinde Wien (Vienna Mozart Society). It was given from 1963 to 1999.
Recipients
Among its recipients have been:- Claudio AbbadoClaudio AbbadoClaudio Abbado, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI , is an Italian conductor. He has served as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, principal guest conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, music director of the Vienna State Opera,...
, 1973 - Küchl-Quartett (founded by Rainer KüchlRainer KüchlRainer Küchl was born in Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Austria, in August 1950.He started to play the violin at the age of 11, and was admitted to the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, at the age of 14, where he studied with Franz Samohyl...
, also known as Wiener Musikverein Quartett ), 1978 - Jörg DemusJörg DemusJörg Demus is an Austrian pianist.At the age of six, Demus received his first piano lessons. Five years later, at the age of 11, he entered the Vienna Academy of Music, studying piano and conducting. He graduated in 1945, then 17 years old...
, 1979 - Franz Bartolomey, 1987
- Hans Peter Wertitsch, 1991
- Ross Hewitt, 1998