St. Thomas Boys' Choir receives European Church Music Prize
The Thomanerchor Leipzig receives the European Church Music Prize 2014, endowed with 5000 euros, which is organized by the city of Schwäbisch-Gmünd as part of the Festival of European Church Music and has been awarded for the 16th time since 1999.
With this award, which goes to an ensemble for the first time, the festival, which is supported by the city, honors the boys' choir "for its great services to the cultivation of sacred music and for its importance in promoting young musical talent, which has grown over 800 years".
The prize honors "high-ranking performers and composers for groundbreaking achievements in the field of sacred music". Previous winners include Sofia Gubaidulina, Klaus Huber, Arvo Pärt, Krzysztof Penderecki, Dieter Schnebel, Hans Zender, Helmuth Rilling, Peter Schreier and Clytus Gottwald.
