Annual Awards
The annual committee of the PdSK decides on the ten Annual Awards, recognizing the best productions of the past year. The committee consists of a rotating cast of ten jurors from various expert juries. Each juror of the PdSK can nominate productions for the Annual Awards. Annual awards are awarded to the winners as part of public concerts or literary readings (in the field of spoken word). From 2014 onward, the Long Lists of Annual Awards can be found on the same page as each year’s award winners.
San Francisco Symphony
Keeping Score, revealing classical music: Mahler – Origins and Legacy, created by Michael Tilson Thomas with the San Francisco Symphony. DVD, SFS media (Avie / Musikwelt)
Daniel Sepec
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Rosary Sonatas. Daniel Sepec, Hille Perl, Lee Santana, Michael Behringer, 2 CDs, Coviello 21008, 4039956210085 (Note 1)
The annual award was presented on the 19th April 2012 as part of a the festival »Stuttgart Barock«.
Marc-André Hamelin
12 Études in all the minor keys. Marc-André Hamelin, Klavier. CD, Hyperion CDA 67789 (Codaex)
The annual award was presented on the 27th September 2011 at the Kammermusiksaal of Bonn.
Auryn-Quartett
Joseph Haydn: Complete String Quartets. Auryn-Quartett. 14 CDs or Double-Boxes, Tacet
The annual award was presented on the 4th November 2011 as part of a concert in Cologne.
Eric Schulz
Carlos Kleiber: Traces to Nowhere. Direction: Eric Schulz, Produktion: Servus TV, DVD, Arthaus Musik 101553 (Naxos)
The annual award was presented on the 16th November 2011 as part of a film screening in the Berlin Philharmonie.
Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird
Lost Causes. CD, Oriente RIENCD 77
The annual award was presented on the 8th December 2011 as part of a concert in the »Brotfabrik« of Frankfurt.
Das Kapital
Ballads & Barricades – Das Kapital plays Hanns Eisler. Edward Perraud, Daniel Erdmann, Hasse Poulsen. CD, Wizmar Records WIZ 9025 (NRW Vertrieb)
The annual award was presented on the 27th October 2011 as part of a concert at Jazz Festival of Frankfurt.
Iiro Rantala
Lost Heroes. CD, ACT Music & Vision 9504-2
The annual award was presented on the 6th November 2011 as part of the Jazz Festival of Berlin.
James Blake
CD, Polydor ATLAS02 (Universal)
The annual award was presented on the 11th August 2012 as part of the MS Dockville Festival of Hamburg.
Caribou
Swim. CD, Slang 9 550054 (City Slang)
The annual award was presented on the 7th April 2012 to Daniel Victor Snaith alias »Caribou« as part of a concert in the music club Uebel&Gefährlich of Hamburg.
Peter Matić
Marcel Proust: Auf der Suche nach der verlorenen Zeit – Complete Edition. Peter Matić. 17 mp3-CDs, Der Hörverlag ISBN 9-783867-176828
The annual award was presented to Peter Matić on the 2nd Feburary 2012 at the Literaturhaus of Hamburg.
Frank Gustavus, Markus Langer, Cornelia Weber
Kuckuck, Krake, Kakerlake: Das etwas andere Tierhörbuch. Direction: Frank Gustavus, Markus Langer, Cornelia Weber. Translation of the Dutch: Meike Blatnik. CD, Oetinger audio 0519, ISBN 978-3-8373-0519-7
The annual award was presented on the 14th October 2011 as part of the Frankfurt Book Fair.