{{Short description|German music award}} The '''Leonard Bernstein Award''' is a German music award endowed with 10,000 euros (since 2026: 20,000 euros). Since 2002, the award has been sponsored by the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe as part of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival.<ref name="g520" /> The prize is awarded to talented classical musicians to give them support for an international career.<ref name="w729">{{cite web | title=Sean Shibe erhält den Leonard Bernstein Award 2022 | website=HfK Bremen | date=31 January 2022 | url=https://www.hfk-bremen.de/en/news/sean-shibe-erhaelt-den-leonard-bernstein-award-2022/945 | access-date=19 September 2024}}</ref> The jury includes children of Leonard Bernstein, Zarin Mehta (2015),<ref name="c267" /> the conductor Christoph Eschenbach<ref name="u036">{{cite web | title=Preisträgerkonzert Leonard Bernstein Award | website=Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival | url=https://www.shmf.de/de/preistraegerkonzert-lba | language=de | access-date=19 September 2024 | archive-date=28 May 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528234533/https://www.shmf.de/de/preistraegerkonzert-lba | url-status=live }}</ref> and the Intendant of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Christian Kuhnt.<ref name="g520" />
==Recipients== Source:<ref name="z153">{{cite web | title=Leonard Bernstein Award | website=Sparkassen- und Giroverband für Schleswig-Holstein | url=https://www.sgvsh.de/engagement/kunst-kultur/leonard-bernstein-award | language=de | access-date=19 September 2024}}</ref>
{{div col}} * 2002 Lang Lang * 2003 Lisa Batiashvili * 2004 Erik Schumann * 2005 Jonathan Biss * 2006 Alisa Weilerstein * 2007 Martin Grubinger * 2008 Anna Vinnitskaya * 2009 Leonard Elschenbroich * 2010 Kit Armstrong * 2011 David Aaron Carpenter * 2012 Cameron Carpenter * 2013 Jan Lisiecki * 2014 {{ill|Christopher Park (pianist)|lt=Christopher Park|de|Christopher Park}} * 2015 Krzysztof Urbański<ref name="c267">{{cite web | title=Bernstein Award für Krzysztof Urbański | website=NDR.de | date=10 February 2015 | url=https://www.ndr.de/orchester_chor/elbphilharmonieorchester/orchester/Bernstein-Award-fuer-Krzysztof-Urbanski,leonardbernsteinaward100.html | language=de | access-date=19 September 2024 | archive-date=30 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330081839/https://www.ndr.de/orchester_chor/elbphilharmonieorchester/orchester/Bernstein-Award-fuer-Krzysztof-Urbanski,leonardbernsteinaward100.html | url-status=live }}</ref> * 2016 Felix Klieser * 2017 Kian Soltani<ref name="t800">{{cite web | last=Homfray | first=Tim | last2=Kettle | first2=David | title=Cellist Kian Soltani wins Leonard Bernstein Award 2017 | website=The Strad | date=19 September 2024 | url=https://www.thestrad.com/cellist-kian-soltani-wins-leonard-bernstein-award-2017/1415.article | access-date=19 September 2024 | archive-date=1 March 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301233306/https://www.thestrad.com/cellist-kian-soltani-wins-leonard-bernstein-award-2017/1415.article | url-status=live }}</ref> * 2018 Charles Yang<ref name="o644">{{cite web | title=VC Artist Charles Yang Awarded Germany's €10,000 Bernstein Prize | website=The Violin Channel | date=19 January 2018 | url=https://theviolinchannel.com/charles-yang-leonard-bernstein-award-2018-violin-vocal/ | access-date=19 September 2024 | archive-date=15 April 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240415181636/https://theviolinchannel.com/charles-yang-leonard-bernstein-award-2018-violin-vocal/ | url-status=live }}</ref> * 2019 Emily D'Angelo<ref name="h021">{{cite web | title=Sängerin Emily D'Angelo erhält Leonard Bernstein Award | website=nmz – neue musikzeitung | date=19 August 2019 | url=https://www.nmz.de/menschen/personalia/saengerin-emily-dangelo-erhaelt-leonard-bernstein-award | language=de | access-date=19 September 2024 | archive-date=19 September 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919102535/https://www.nmz.de/menschen/personalia/saengerin-emily-dangelo-erhaelt-leonard-bernstein-award | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="q470">{{cite web | title=Sängerin Emily D'Angelo erhielt Leonard Bernstein Award | website=news.ORF.at | date=16 August 2019 | url=https://orf.at/stories/3133968/ | language=de | access-date=19 September 2024 | archive-date=19 September 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919102519/https://orf.at/stories/3133968/ | url-status=live }}</ref> * 2020 Stathis Karapanos<ref name="l555">{{cite web | title=Leonard Bernstein Award 2020 an Stathis Karapanos vergeben | website=miz.org | date=14 August 2020 | url=https://miz.org/de/nachrichten/leonard-bernstein-award-2020-an-stathis-karapanos-vergeben-n19250 | language=de | access-date=19 September 2024 | archive-date=19 September 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919102519/https://miz.org/de/nachrichten/leonard-bernstein-award-2020-an-stathis-karapanos-vergeben-n19250 | url-status=live }}</ref> * 2021 Isata Kanneh-Mason<ref name="n405">{{cite web | title=Verleihung des Leonard Bernstein Award an Isata Kanneh-Mason | website=miz.org | date=20 August 2021 | url=https://miz.org/de/nachrichten/verleihung-des-leonard-bernstein-award-an-isata-kanneh-mason-n21198 | language=de | access-date=19 September 2024 | archive-date=19 September 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919102520/https://miz.org/de/nachrichten/verleihung-des-leonard-bernstein-award-an-isata-kanneh-mason-n21198 | url-status=live }}</ref> * 2022 Sean Shibe<ref name="j557">{{cite web | title=Gitarrist Sean Shibe erhält Leonard Bernstein Award 2022 | website=Deutschlandfunk Kultur | date=28 January 2022 | url=https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/gitarrist-sean-shibe-erhaelt-leonard-bernstein-award-100.html | language=de | access-date=19 September 2024 | archive-date=28 January 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128115832/https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/gitarrist-sean-shibe-erhaelt-leonard-bernstein-award-100.html | url-status=live }}</ref> * 2023 Vivi Vassileva<ref name="m570">{{cite web | last=Przybyla | first=Hildegard | title=SHMF – Leonard Bernstein Award 2023: Multi-Percussionistin Vivi Vassileva übertrifft den Meister | website=Unser Lübeck | date=30 August 2023 | url=https://www.unser-luebeck.de/magazin/musik/rueckblicke/7301-shmf-leonhard-bernstein-award-2023-multi-percussionistin-vivi-vassileva-uebertrifft-den-meister | language=de | access-date=19 September 2024 | archive-date=26 February 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226005348/https://www.unser-luebeck.de/magazin/musik/rueckblicke/7301-shmf-leonhard-bernstein-award-2023-multi-percussionistin-vivi-vassileva-uebertrifft-den-meister | url-status=live }}</ref> * 2024 Anastasia Kobekina<ref name="g520">{{cite web | title=Leonard Bernstein Award: Venezia in Lübeck | website=NDR.de | date=11 August 2024 | url=https://www.ndr.de/kultur/sendungen/das_konzert/Leonard-Bernstein-Award-Venezia-in-Luebeck,sendung1466560.html | language=de | access-date=19 September 2024 | archive-date=19 September 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919102622/https://www.ndr.de/kultur/sendungen/das_konzert/Leonard-Bernstein-Award-Venezia-in-Luebeck,sendung1466560.html | url-status=live }}</ref> * 2025 Hayato Sumino<ref name="i617">{{cite web | title=Japanischer Pianist erhält Bernstein-Award 2025 | website=nmz – neue musikzeitung | date=24 January 2025 | url=https://www.nmz.de/bildung-praxis/wettbewerbe/japanischer-pianist-erhaelt-bernstein-award-2025 | language=de | access-date=25 January 2025}}</ref> * 2026 {{ill|Lucienne Renaudin Vary|de||fr}}<ref name="t749">{{cite web | title=Französische Trompeterin erhält Bernstein-Award 2026 | website=nmz – neue musikzeitung | date=29 January 2026 | url=https://www.nmz.de/menschen/personalia/franzoesische-trompeterin-erhaelt-bernstein-award-2026 | language=de | access-date=30 January 2026}}</ref> {{div col end}}
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==External links== * {{official|https://www.sgvsh.de/engagement/kunst-kultur/leonard-bernstein-award}} {{in lang|de}}
{{Classical music awards}}
Category:Classical music awards Category:German music awards Category:Awards established in 2002 Category:Leonard Bernstein