Prize Ceremony 2025
23.4.2025
The presentation of the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize 2025, the Composer Prizes and the Ensemble Prizes will take place on May 17, 2025 at 7 pm in the Herkulessaal of the Munich Residence.
The Ernst von Siemens Music Prize 2025 will be awarded to Sir Simon Rattle. The three Composer Prizes 2025 will go to Iranian-Canadian composer Ashkan Behzadi, Bastien David from France, and Norwegian composer Kristine Tjøgersen. In addition, the Ensemble ’25 Prizes will be awarded to collective lovemusic from France and the ensemble Tacet(i) from Thailand.
The laudatory speech for Sir Simon Rattle will be given by British-Jamaican opera singer Sir Willard White. Members of the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundunks will perform Arnold Schoenberg’s Chamber Symphony No.1, conducted by the Prize winner himself. The Riot Ensemble, which received the first Ensemble Prize in 2020, will present works by the Composer Prize winners, who will also be introduced in short film portraits by Johannes List.