Beethoven Ring
{{Short description|German classical music award}}
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Beethoven Ring is an annual award by the association "Citizens for Beethoven" of the city of Bonn. {{lang|de|Bürger für Beethoven}} (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.{{cite web |date=2018 |title=Bürger für Beethoven |url=https://www.bthvn2020.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Logos-Initiativkreis/Full_portrait_of_Buerger_fuer_Beethoven.pdf |work=bthvn2020.de |location=Bonn |publisher=Beethoven Jubiläums Gesellschaft |access-date=23 April 2018}} 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.{{cite web |date=2018 |title=Beethovenring |url=http://www.kulturpreise.de/web/preise_info.php?preisd_id=3604 |work=kulturpreise.de |access-date=23 April 2018}} The official award ceremony takes place within the framework of a concert in the Beethoven-Haus.{{cite web |title=Beethoven-Ring |url=http://www.buergerfuerbeethoven.de/start/Fuer-Musiker-Beethoven-Ring/index.html |work=Bürger für Beethoven |location=Bonn |access-date=23 April 2018}} The ring is handcrafted as a unique piece from 18-karat rose gold and sterling silver.
Other Beethoven Rings were awarded by the Beethoven Society Vienna{{cite web | title=Veranstaltungen (Geschichte) – Wiener Beethoven-Gesellschaft | website=Wiener Beethoven-Gesellschaft – Ansprechpartner für Freunde der Musik Beethovens in Österreich und in aller Welt | url=https://beethovengesellschaft.at/aktivitaeten/veranstaltungen_geschichte/ | language=de | access-date=23 July 2024}} or the Wiener Musikakademie.{{cite journal | title=AKADEMIE WIEN | journal=Österreichische Musikzeitschrift | volume=23 | issue=JG | date=1968 | issn=2307-2970 | doi=10.7767/omz.1968.23.jg.373 | page=}}
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Recipients
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- 2004 Gustavo Dudamel
- 2005 Julia Fischer
- 2006 Lisa Batiashvili{{cite news |last=Bolkvadze |first=Eva |date=29 May 2014 |title=Lisa Batiashvili and German television Arte visits Georgia |url=https://www.georgianjournal.ge/culture/27358-lisa-batiashvili-and-german-television-arte-visits-georgia.html |work=Georgian Journal |access-date=23 April 2018}}
- 2007 Giorgi Kharadze
- 2008 Lauma Skride
- 2009 Teo Gheorghiu
- 2010 Sergei Khachatryan
- 2011 Přemysl Vojta
- 2012 Philippe Tondre
- 2013 Ragnhild Hemsing
- 2014 {{ill|Sophie Dartigalongue|de|Sophie Dervaux}}
- 2015 Nicolas Altstaedt{{cite news |date=10 November 2015 |title=Nicolas Altstaedt erhält Beethoven-Ring 2015 |url=http://www.nw.de/lokal/kreis_guetersloh/guetersloh/20620462_Nicolas-Altstaedt-erhaelt-Beethoven-Ring-2015.html |work=Neue Westfälische |location=Bielefeld |language=de |access-date=23 April 2018}}
- 2016 Filippo Gorini
- 2017 Igor Levit{{cite news |last=Hartmann |first=Bernhard |date=23 November 2017 |title=Bonner Beethovenring geht an den Pianisten Igor Levit |url=https://www.general-anzeiger-bonn.de/news/kultur-und-medien/bonn/Bonner-Beethovenring-geht-an-den-Pianisten-Igor-Levit-article3708117.html |work=General Anzeiger |location=Bonn |language=de |access-date=23 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424140023/https://www.general-anzeiger-bonn.de/news/kultur-und-medien/bonn/Bonner-Beethovenring-geht-an-den-Pianisten-Igor-Levit-article3708117.html |archive-date=24 April 2018 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |last=Zink |first=Felicitas |date=22 April 2018 |title=Igor Levit erhält den Beethoven-Ring und gibt seinen Echo zurück |url=https://www.rundschau-online.de/region/bonn/stadtbonn/musikpreis-debatte-igor-levit-erhaelt-den-beethoven-ring-und-gibt-seinen-echo-zurueck-30056250 |work=Bonner Rundschau |language=de |access-date=23 April 2018}}
- 2018 Kit Armstrong{{cite press release |date=26 October 2018 |title=Der Pianist Kit Armstrong erhält den Beethoven-Ring 2018 |url=http://www.buergerfuerbeethoven.de/start/Home/news/Der-Pianist-Kit-Armstrong-erhaelt-den-Beethoven-Ring-2018__8048.htm |work=Bürger für Beethoven |location=Bonn |agency=Medienmitteilung 28/2018 |language=de |access-date=29 November 2018}}
- 2019 Nicola Heinecker{{cite news |date=11 November 2019 |title=Nicola Heinecker erhält den Beethoven-Ring 2019 |url=https://www.pizzicato.lu/nicola-heinecker-erhalt-den-beethoven-ring-2019/ |work=Pizzicato |location=Luxembourg |language=de |access-date=5 December 2019}}
- 2020 not awarded
- 2021 Knut Hanssen
- 2022 {{ill|Julia Hagen|de}}{{cite web | title=Cellist Julia Hagen receives 2022 Beethoven Ring Award | website=The Strad | date=8 November 2022 | url=https://www.thestrad.com/news/cellist-julia-hagen-receives-2022-beethoven-ring-award/15691.article | access-date=26 November 2022}}{{cite web | title=Die Cellistin Julia Hagen erhält den Beethoven-Ring 2022 | website=Bürger für Beethoven | date=26 December 2020 | url=https://www.buergerfuerbeethoven.de/start/Home/news/Die-Cellistin-Julia-Hagen-erhaelt-den-Beethoven-Ring-2022__9473.html | language=de | access-date=26 November 2022}}
- 2023 {{ill|Fabian Müller (pianist)|lt=Fabian Müller|de|Fabian Müller (Pianist)}}
- 2024 Michiaki Ueno{{cite web | title=Japanese Cellist Michiaki Ueno Wins Beethoven Ring 2024 | website=The Violin Channel | date=10 December 2024 | url=https://theviolinchannel.com/japanese-cellist-michiaki-ueno-wins-beethoven-ring-2024/ | access-date=10 December 2024}}
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References
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External links
- {{official|https://www.buergerfuerbeethoven.de/start/Fuer-Musiker-Beethoven-Ring/index.html}} {{in lang|de}}
{{Classical music awards}}