The 2015 Telemann Prize goes to the Amadeus publishing house
The Winterthur-based Amadeus-Verlag is honored with the Magdeburg Georg-Philipp-Telemann Prize - for the dedicated publication and dissemination of the chamber music works of the eponymous composer in particular.
According to the Magdeburg Center for Telemann Care and Research, there is probably no other publishing house currently active that gives Telemann's chamber music a similar weight in its publishing spectrum. The number of 220 editions from this area of Telemann's oeuvre alone, including such central works as the so-called Paris and Hamburg quartets, chamber music from the Musique de table and around 100 trio sonatas, is impressive.
For over 40 years, the founder of the publishing house, Bernhard Päuler, has demonstrated "a keen sense for the needs of the early music market". He operates with a clever selection of works and solid editions that impress with their paper quality, binding design and music typesetting and are nevertheless offered at a reasonable price.
The Georg Philipp Telemann Prize has been awarded annually since 1987 by the state capital of Magdeburg for outstanding achievements in the interpretation, cultivation and research of the life and work of Georg Philipp Telemann. It consists of a bronze plaque, a certificate and an endowment of 2500 euros. Previous winners include Ludwig Güttler, Martin Ruhnke, Wolf Hobohm, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, René Jacobs, Bärenreiter-Verlag and Carus-Verlag. Last year, the Belgian oboist Paul Dombrecht received the Georg Philipp Telemann Prize.
