Robert Schumann Prize for Poetry and Music

Not to be confused with Robert Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau.

The Robert Schumann Prize for Poetry and Music (German: Robert Schumann-Preis für Dichtung und Musik) Mainz is a classical music prize named after Robert Schumann, awarded biennially since 2012. The prize money is €15,000 (2012–2016: €25,000), donated by the Strecker Foundation, Mainz.^[1] The prize is awarded by the Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur in Mainz, for "personalities with an outstanding lifetime achievement in the field of poetry and music".^[1]

Robert Schumann Prize for Poetry and Music
Awarded for	"personalities with an outstanding lifetime achievement in the field of poetry and music"
Sponsored by	Strecker Foundation
Location	Mainz
Country	Germany
Presented by	Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur
Reward(s)	€15,000
First award	2012
Website	www.adwmainz.de/en/academy/awards-and-foundations/robert-schumann-prize-for-literature-and-music.html

Recipients

• 2012 Pierre Boulez^[2][3]
• 2014 Wolfgang Rihm^[4][5]
• 2016 Aribert Reimann^[6][7]
• 2018 Jörg Widmann^[8][9]
• 2020 Olga Neuwirth^[10][11]
• 2022 Heinz Holliger^[12]
• 2024 Adriana Hölszky^[13][14]