Beethoven Ring is an annual award by the association "Citizens for Beethoven" of the city of Bonn. (Citizens for Beethoven) is Bonn’s largest cultural association. Its purpose is to promote Beethoven’s music and preserve his memory in the city of his birth. In a vote, the 1500 members of the "Citizens for Beethoven" determine one out of the five youngest artists at the Beethovenfest Bonn, that have interpreted a work of Beethoven. The official award ceremony takes place within the framework of a concert in the Beethoven-Haus. Other Beethoven Rings were awarded by the Beethoven Society Vienna or the Wiener Musikakademie.

Recipients

2004 Gustavo Dudamel

2005 Julia Fischer

2006 Lisa Batiashvili

2007 Giorgi Kharadze

2008 Lauma Skride

2009 Teo Gheorghiu

2010 Sergei Khachatryan

2011 Přemysl Vojta

2012 Philippe Tondre

2013 Ragnhild Hemsing

2014

2015 Nicolas Altstaedt

2016 Filippo Gorini

2017 Igor Levit

2018 Kit Armstrong

2019 Nicola Heinecker

2020 not awarded

2022

References

External links

German music awards

Classical music awards

Ludwig van Beethoven

Awards established in 2004

Beethoven Ring