Festival Europäische Kirchenmusik
The festival European church music (in short: EKM ) has been held since 1989 every year in July and August in Schwäbisch Gmünd instead. The festival reaches around 15,000 visitors per season a great attraction. The programs include a musical repertoire from the Middle Ages to the present. In addition to international ensembles guesting young talents. There are also competitions for composition of sacred music and organ improvisation, commissioned works and world premieres. In 2010, the Festival of the initiative of the Federal Government, the German economy and Deutsche Bank Germany was - Land of ideas for his " creativity and innovation " awarded a prize.
- 4.1 Winners of the composition competition Contemporary Sacred Music
Venues
The venues are located mainly in the inner city of Schwäbisch Gmünd, but also outstanding church building in the nearby area serve as a year of the festival venues.
- Schwäbisch Gmünd - downtown Augustine Church
- Holy Cross Cathedral
- St. John's Church
- Locust Place
- Monastery Church of the Franciscan Sisters
- Cultural preacher
- Cathedral Square
- St. Francis
- Village church Degenfeldstrasse
- St.Cyriakus Bettringen
- St. Cyriacus Straßdorf
- Sanctuary Hohenrechberg
- Castle and Sanctuary of the High City
- Lorch monastery church
- Parish Täferrot
Prize of the European church music
On the occasion of this festival will award the city of Schwäbisch Gmünd every year since 1999 the price of European church music at senior composers and performers.
International Competition for Organ Improvisation
The International Competition for organ improvisation takes place every two years at the festival in Schwäbisch Gmünd and is considered the only permanent competition of its kind in Germany. The final round will take place at the Klais organ of the Holy Cross Cathedral regularly. Since 2013, each of the first prize of the competition as Hubert Beck Award, presented in honor of the late co-founder of the festival and longtime jury member Hubert Beck.
Winners of the International Competition for Organ Improvisation
- 2013 David Cassan ( Hubert Beck Award ); Peter Schleicher ( 2nd Prize and Audience Award ); Geerten delivery Ting (3rd prize ) Jury: Philippe Lefebvre, Jos van der Kooy, Stephan Beck
- 2011 Tobias Aehlig ( 1st Prize and Audience Award ); Maximilian Pöllner (2nd prize ); Peter Schleicher ( 3rd prize) Jury: Louis Robilliard, Stefan Therstam, Stephan Beck
- 2009 Martin Bacot (1st prize ); Sebastian Kuechler - Blessing ( 3rd Prize and Audience Award ) Jury: Jean -Pierre Leguay, Hayo Boerema, Stephan Beck
- 2007 Stephan Kreutz (1st prize ); Thomas Schnorr (2nd prize ); Alexander David Nuber (3rd Prize and Audience Prize ) Jury: Pierre Pincemaille, Lionel Rogg, Hubert Beck
- 2005 Rudolf Müller ( 1st Prize and Audience Award ); Lutz burner ( 2nd prize); Markus Uhl (3rd prize ) Jury: Bernard Bartelink, David Briggs, Hubert Beck
- 2003 Sebastian Bange ( 1st Prize and Audience Award ); Lutz burner ( 3rd prize) Jury: Werner Jacob, Frédéric Blanc, Hubert Beck
- 2001 Sebastian Bange ( 2nd Prize and Audience Award ); Jörg Josef Schwab ( 3rd prize) Jury: Wolfgang soaps, Thierry Escaich, Hubert Beck
- 1999 Ulrich Klemm ( 1st prize); Jutta Bitsch ( 2nd Prize and Audience Award ); Thomas Lennartz (3rd prize ) Jury: Rudolf Meyer, Thierry Mechler, Hubert Beck
- 1997 David Timm (1st prize ); Christoph Hamm ( 1st Prize and Audience Award ); Sebastian Bange (3rd Prize and Audience Prize ) Jury: Jos van der Kooy, Eric Lebrun, Hubert Beck
- 1995 Martin Bambauer ( 1st Prize and Audience Award ); Otto Maria Krämer ( 2nd prize); Manuel Gera ( 3rd prize) Jury: Werner Jacob, Lionel Rogg, Hubert Beck
- 1993 Peter Reulein ( 2nd Prize and Audience Award ); Karl- Bernardine goiter ( 2nd prize); Franz Josef Stoiber (3rd prize ) Jury: Albert de Klerk, Jacques Taddei, Hubert Beck
- 1991 Rijk Jansen ( 2nd Prize and Audience Award ); Thomas Friedrich Dahl (3rd prize ) Jury: Franz Lehrndorfer, Peter Planyavsky Jan Raas, Hubert Beck
- 1989 Johannes Mayr ( 1st prize); Wolfgang Hörlin (2nd prize ); Cor Ardesch (3rd prize ) Jury: Hans Haselboeck, Werner Jacob, Piet Kee, Hubert Beck
Composition Competition Contemporary Sacred Music
The Composition Competition Contemporary Sacred Music will be tendered in the exchange with a composition commission, every two years as part of the festival. A jury assessed the submitted pieces anonymously and award the currently endowed with 2,500 euros prize to the composer. The world premiere of the winning piece is part of the festival program. The submitted pieces come from all over the world, so in 2010 from Europe, America and Australia.