Hindemith Foundation inBlonay(Switzerland), the Walter and Käthe Busche Foundation, the Rudolf and Erika Koch Foundation, the Gerhard Trede Foundation, the Franz Wirth Memorial Trust and the Cultural Office of the Free and Hanseatic City ofHamburg
The internationalPaul Hindemith Prizepromotes outstanding contemporary composers within the framework of theSchleswig-Holstein Music Festival(SHMF).[1]The award commemorates the musical pedagogy ofPaul Hindemith,who wrote the compositionPlöner Musiktagin 1932 on behalf of the Staatliche BildungsanstaltPlön.The music prize is endowed with €20,000 and goes together with a composition commission. The prize is presented annually by the Hindemith Foundation, the Walter and Käthe Busche Foundation, the Rudolf and Erika Koch Foundation, the Gerhard Trede Foundation, the Franz Wirth Memorial Trust and the Cultural Office of the Free and Hanseatic City ofHamburgsince 1990.[2]From 2010 to 2013, the winner was found by a composition competition.[2][3]The work of the prize winner is to be premiered within the frame of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival.
