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| Name | Laurent-Perrier Prize |
Laurent-Perrier Prize The Laurent-Perrier Prize is a contemporary award recognizing achievement in contemporary music performance and composition, associated historically with European concert series, festivals, conservatoires, and foundations. The prize has been linked in public discourse with prominent institutions and figures in the classical and contemporary music scenes, and has figured in programming at venues and events across France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Austria, and beyond.
The prize emerged amid interactions between foundations and cultural institutions including Maison de la Radio, Royal Opera House, Musée du Louvre, Philharmonie de Paris, Wigmore Hall, Southbank Centre, BBC Proms, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Aldeburgh Festival, Salzburg Festival, Vienna Philharmonic, Lucerne Festival, Bayreuth Festival, Opéra National de Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, La Scala, Teatro alla Scala, Teatro La Fenice, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Konzerthaus Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Hamburg State Opera, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Koninklijk Concertgebouw, Madrid Teatro Real, Barcelona Liceu and provincial conservatoires such as Conservatoire de Paris and Royal College of Music. Early patrons included figures associated with L'Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre National de France, Chœur de Radio France, Ensemble InterContemporain, IRCAM, and philanthropic actors linked to maisons de champagne and private cultural sponsorship. Connections have been made in reportage to administrators from Théâtre du Châtelet, Fondation Cartier, Fondation de France, Fondation Royaumont, Fondation Singer-Polignac, Fondazione Prada, and broadcasters like France Musique and Radio France.
Eligibility historically referenced performers, composers, ensembles, and conductors associated with institutions such as Ensemble Moderne, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, London Sinfonietta, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Asko Schönberg Ensemble, ECHO, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and soloists from Royal Academy of Music, Juilliard School, Curtis Institute of Music, New England Conservatory, Eastman School of Music, Conservatorio di Milano and Conservatorio di Torino. Criteria often include demonstrated excellence in performance, innovation in programming, commissioning new works, recordings with labels such as Decca, EMI, Warner Classics, Sony Classical, Naxos, Harmonia Mundi, and engagement with musicological research at institutions like Sorbonne University, Université Paris-Sorbonne, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, King's College London, Royal Holloway, University of Manchester, Yale School of Music, Harvard University, Princeton University and Columbia University.
Selection has typically involved juries composed of figures from conservatoires, orchestras, festivals and media: artistic directors from Aix-en-Provence Festival, Edinburgh International Festival, Cheltenham Music Festival, Verbier Festival, Ravinia Festival, Tanglewood Music Festival, critics from The Guardian, The New York Times, Le Monde, Die Zeit, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, El País, Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica, The Telegraph and editors from magazines such as Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine, The Wire, Diapason, Classic FM Magazine and Opera News. Panels often included conductors and composers linked to Sir Simon Rattle, Gustavo Dudamel, Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Valery Gergiev, Marin Alsop, Sergiu Celibidache (historically referenced), Pierre Boulez, Thomas Adès, Kaija Saariaho, Harrison Birtwistle, George Benjamin, and administrators from European Festivals Association and cultural ministries such as Ministry of Culture (France), British Council, SACE and municipal arts departments.
Laureates have included soloists, ensembles, conductors and composers who have also been associated with prizes and institutions like the Gramophone Awards, Pulitzer Prize for Music, Guggenheim Fellowship, Royal Philharmonic Society Awards, Bach Prize, Prix de Rome (music), Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, Praemium Imperiale, Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society, and recordings for ECM Records and Philips Classics. Names frequently mentioned in the same contexts include Gidon Kremer, Mstislav Rostropovich, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Daniil Trifonov, Martha Argerich, Lang Lang, Evgeny Kissin, Khatia Buniatishvili, Yuja Wang, Maxim Vengerov, Itzhak Perlman, Hilary Hahn, Joshua Bell, András Schiff, Leif Ove Andsnes, Krystian Zimerman, Rudolf Buchbinder, Béla Bartók (performances of), Igor Stravinsky (works performed), Olivier Messiaen (compositions), György Ligeti (repertoire), John Adams (composer), Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Arvo Pärt, Thomas Tallis (early music associations) and contemporary composers such as Kaija Saariaho, Unsuk Chin, Georg Friedrich Haas, Natasha Barrett, Tania León, Anna Clyne, Jennifer Higdon, Caroline Shaw, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Helmut Lachenmann, Sylvain Cambreling.
Ceremonies have been staged at venues and festivals including Palais Garnier, Opéra Bastille, Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, Salle Pleyel, Maison de la Culture, Royal Albert Hall, Cadogan Hall, Wembley Arena, Barbican Centre, Kölner Philharmonie, Musikverein, Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Alice Tully Hall, Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Sydney Opera House, Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, National Centre for the Performing Arts (Beijing), Seoul Arts Center, and broadcast partners such as Arte, Eurovision, BBC Television, France Télévisions, ZDF, RAI, NHK, PBS and streaming platforms linked to Medici.tv. Awards have been presented by patrons and ambassadors drawn from champagne houses, cultural foundations, municipal authorities and corporate sponsors active in arts philanthropy.
Critical response in press outlets like The New Yorker, The New York Times, Le Monde, The Guardian, Die Zeit, El País, La Repubblica and specialist journals Tempo (journal), Musical Times, Early Music, Perspectives of New Music and Contemporary Music Review has debated the prize's influence on programming at institutions such as BBC Proms, Salzburg Festival, Aix-en-Provence Festival, Lucerne Festival and opera houses including Opéra National de Paris and Royal Opera House. Commentators from universities and conservatoires have assessed its role in commissioning, recording contracts with Deutsche Grammophon, Sony Classical and ECM Records, and career development for artists engaged with ensembles like London Sinfonietta and Ensemble InterContemporain.
The prize is often mentioned alongside other cultural recognitions and partnerships including Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, Prince Pierre Foundation Prize, Fondation Royaumont residencies, Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, Pulitzer Prize for Music, Gramophone Awards, Royal Philharmonic Society Awards, Berlin Prize, MacArthur Fellowship, Koussevitzky Commission, Fromm Commission, Guggenheim Fellowship, Arts Council England grants, European Commission Creative Europe programs, and collaborations with record labels Decca, Warner Classics, Naxos, Harmonia Mundi, ECM Records and broadcasters BBC Radio 3, France Musique and Deutschlandfunk.
Category:Music awards