City of Heidelberg Music Prize for female composers

The Heidelberger Künstlerinnenpreis is one of the state's most important cultural prizes and the only award in the world to be given exclusively to female composers.

The Heidelberger Künstlerinnenpreis celebrated its thirtieth anniversary in 2017. It was initiated by Roswitha Sperber in 1987, and since 2007 the prize has been awarded as a municipal music prize by the City of Heidelberg and celebrated by the Theater und Orchester Heidelberg, which performs one orchestral work by each prize winner as part of one of their Philharmonic Concerts. Deutschlandfunk, the long-time media partner, records the Preisträgerinnen-Konzert and transmits it throughout Germany at different times together with a feature on the prized composer. 

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tutti pro - Die Orchesterpatenschaft

Bringing youth orchestras and professional orchestras together – that‘s the idea behind the joint initiative of »Jeunesses Musicales« and »Deutsche Orchestervereinigung« together with »Verband deutscher Musikschulen«.

The initiative takes young people's skills seriously and motivates them to play in the orchestra. Conversely, the enthusiasm and dedication of the young musicians is always an impulse for the professional musicians.

Throughout Germany, youth orchestras and professional orchestras have joined forces and signed a sponsorship agreement. The cooperation between the »Junges Sinfonieorchester Heidelberg der Musik und Singeschule« and the Philharmonisches Orchester Heidelberg was sealed in 2022/23 as the 57th tutti-pro orchestra sponsorship.

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