Bach Medal

of the City of Leipzig

Every year during the Bach Festival, the Lord Mayor of the City of Leipzig awards the Bach Medal in recognition of efforts to promote the work of Johann Sebastian Bach. The medal jury consists of the musical director of the Leipzig Gewandhaus, the headmaster of the University of Music & Theatre »Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy« Leipzig, the Cantor of St. Thomas, the president and the director of the Bach Archive.

 

In 2023, the St. Thomas Boys’ Choir received the award.

 

Awarding of the Bach Medal to the St. Thomas Boys’ Choir (present and former members on the left, Skadi Jänicke (mayor for cultural affairs) in the middle, Prof. Dr. Peter Wollny, director of the Bach Archive Leipzig on the right; photo: Bach-Archiv, Jens Schlüter

 

Up till now, the Bach Medal was awarded to

  • 2003 Gustav Leonhardt †
  • 2004 Helmuth Rilling
  • 2005 Sir John Eliot Gardiner
  • 2006 Ton Koopman
  • 2007 Nikolaus Harnoncourt †
  • 2008 Hermann Max
  • 2009 Frieder Bernius
  • 2010 Philippe Herreweghe
  • 2011 Herbert Blomstedt
  • 2012 Masaaki Suzuki
  • 2013 Peter Schreier †
  • 2014 Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
  • 2015 Peter Neumann
  • 2016 Peter Kooij
  • 2017 Reinhard Goebel
  • 2018 Robert Levin
  • 2019 Klaus Mertens
  • 2020 Angela Hewitt
  • 2021 Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Schulze and Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Christoph Wolff
  • 2022 Sir András Schiff
  • 2023 St. Thomas Boys’ Choir

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