Jordi Savall wins prestigious Ernst Von Siemens Music Prize

Musician Jordi Savall has won the international Ernst Von Siemens Prize, awarded by the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. 

Savall from Igualada, inland Catalonia, joins the list of recipients of the prestigious award that features prominent names in the music world such as Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein and Benjamin Britten.

The award honors a composer, performer, or musicologist who has made a distinguished contribution to the world of music and comes with a prize of €250,000. It has been given since 1974.

Scheduled for May 23 in Munich, the ceremony will feature Savall conducting a concert with Hespèrion XXI and La Capella Reial de Catalunya.

The Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts state on their website that Jordi Savall is “one of the most versatile musical personalities of his generation.” 

They also highlight that “for more than fifty years, he has rescued musical gems from oblivion and neglect, and returned them to the enjoyment of all.”