Stoeger Prize

The Stoeger Prize from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center is an international music prize for composers of chamber music. The US$25,000 cash award is given every two years in recognition of significant contributions to the chamber music repertory.^[1] The money was donated by Milan Stoeger, a psychoanalyst and a long-time subscriber to the Chamber Music Society, in honor of his wife.^[2] The Elise L. Stoeger Prize was established in 1987.^[2]

Stoeger Prize
Awarded for	"significant contributions to the field of chamber music composition."
Sponsored by	Milan Stoeger
Location	New York City
Country	United States
Reward(s)	US$25,000
First award	1987
Website	www.chambermusicsociety.org/about/commissioning/stoeger-prize/

Winners

• 1987 Gunther Schuller^[2]
• 1990 Oliver Knussen
• 1992 Lee Hyla and Olly Wilson
• 1993 Aaron Jay Kernis and Nicholas Maw^[3]
• 1994 Oleg Felzer and Richard Wilson
• 1995 David Liptak^[4] and Steven Mackey
• 1996 Martin Bresnick and Osvaldo Golijov
• 1997 Stephen Hartke and Judith Weir
• 1998 Thomas Adès and Yehudi Wyner
• 1999 James Primosch and Scott Wheeler
• 2000 Michael Daugherty^[5] and Kaija Saariaho
• 2002 Chen Yi
• 2004 David Rakowski^[6]
• 2006 Pierre Jalbert^[7][8]
• 2008 Jörg Widmann^[9]
• 2010 Brett Dean
• 2012 Zhou Long^[10]
• 2014 Thomas Larcher^[1][11]
• 2016 Huw Watkins^[12]
• 2018 Marc-André Dalbavie
• 2020 David Serkin Ludwig^[13]
• 2022 Chris Rogerson^[14]