Franz Schalk Gold Medal

The Franz Schalk Medal in Gold is an honor that is awarded by the Vienna Philharmonic since 1963. It is named after the conductor, the first director of the Vienna State Opera and the Salzburg Festival co-founder Franz Schalk, who would have celebrated his 100th birthday in 1963.

Award criteria and motto

The medal is awarded to personalities which are on " special and " " have rendered to our orchestra professional or business relationships beyond continuous manner " normal. The motto of honoring "Consider me on my Philharmonic " - the supposedly last sentence ... by Franz Schalk

Prize winners (selection)

The dates relate to the date of the ceremony and not the decision of the award.

• ?: Alfred Moser, president of the Salzburg Festival 1983-1989
• 1988: Gustav Teicht, president of the Vienna Red Cross since 1981 and General Counsel of the Vienna Philharmonic
• 1992: Christopher Raeburn, longtime manager of Decca Records
• 1999: Judith Arron, director of the Carnegie Hall ( posthumously awarded the widower because Judith Arron died on 18 December 1998)
• 1990: Franz Mailer, cultural journalist, author and president of the Wiener Johann Strauss Society
• 2002: Ioan Holender, director of the Vienna State Opera from 1992 to 2010
• 2003: Franz Schauberger, Salzburg governor from 1996 to 2004
• 2003: Walter Cronkite, U.S. journalist
• 2004: Peter Radel, former Secretary General and Commercial Director of the ORF, active in several supervisory boards of Austrian cultural institutions
• 2005: Michael Häupl, Mayor of Vienna since 1994
• 2008: Christian Konrad, Raiffeisen Advocate General