Quadriga (award)

Quadriga is an annual German award sponsored by "Werkstatt Deutschland", a non-profit organization based in Berlin. The award recognizes four people or groups for their commitment to innovation, renewal, and a pioneering spirit through political, economic, and cultural activities.

The award consists of a small statue resembling the quadriga on top of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin and a cash prize of 25,000 Euros. The primary supporter of the award is the Swedish power company Vattenfall. "Werkstatt Deutschland" presents the award every year on German Unity Day, which commemorates German reunification. For the first two years, the award ceremony took place at Konzerthaus Berlin, since 2005 it has taken plance at Komische Oper Berlin, an opera house. The award has been presented by people such as Viktor Yushchenko, Bernard Kouchner, and Mikhail Gorbachev.

Recipients

2003 [ [http://loomarea.com/die_quadriga/e/index.php?title=Award-winner_2003: Award winners 2003] ] [cite web
url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/;art270,1971168
title=In roten Socken zur Nationalgala
date=2003-10-05
author=Elisabeth Binder
publisher=Der Tagesspiegel
accessdate=2008-08-15]

* Armin Mueller-Stahl, German actor
* Norman Foster, British architect
* Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg
*Einars Repše, Prime Minister of Latvia
* Amal Rifai, Odelia Ainbinder, and Sylke Tempel, authors of "Wir wollen beide hier leben: Eine schwierige Freundschaft in Jerusalem"

2004 [ [http://loomarea.com/die_quadriga/e/index.php?title=Award-winner_2004 Award winners 2004] ]

* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey
* Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, French author
* Thomas Quasthoff, German singer
* Šimon Pánek, Czech mayor
* Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan

2005 [ [http://loomarea.com/die_quadriga/e/index.php?title=Award-winner_2005 Award winners 2005] ] [cite web
url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/;art270,2276408
title=Quadriga-Preis für Kohl und Aga Khan
date=2005-09-30
publisher=Der Tagesspiegel
accessdate=2008-08-15]

* Helmut Kohl, former German Chancellor
* Timothy Berners-Lee, British scientist, inventor of the World Wide Web
* Catherine McCartney, Claire McCartney, Donna McCartney, Gemma McMahon, Paula Arnold and Bridgeen Hagans, family of Robert McCartney, a victim of IRA terrorism
* Karīm al-Hussaynī, Āgā Khān IV, head of the Ismaili

2006 [ [http://loomarea.com/die_quadriga/e/index.php?title=Award-winner_2006 Award winners 2006] ] [cite web
url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/Quadriga;art117,2312950
title=Juschtschenko, Peres und Illy
date=2006-10-03
publisher=Der Tagesspiegel
accessdate=2008-08-15]

* Shimon Peres, Vice Prime Minister of Israel
* Riccardo Illy, Italian politician
* Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Ulrich Mühe, and Sebastian Koch, German artists in recognition of their work The Lives of Others
* Viktor Yushchenko, President of the Ukraine

2007 [ [http://loomarea.com/die_quadriga/e/index.php?title=Award-winner_2007 Award winners 2007] ] [cite web
url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/Stadtleben;art125,2393256
title=Quadriga mit Königin
date=2007-10-05
author=Elisabeth Binder
publisher=Der Tagesspiegel
accessdate=2008-08-15]

* Gerhard Schröder, former German Chancellor
* Aicha El-Wafi and Phyllis Rodriguez, mothers of a perpetrator and a victim of the September 11, 2001 attacks seeking reconciliation
* Der Spiegel, represented by editor-in-chief Stefan Aust
* Queen Silvia of Sweden

2008
* Boris Tadić, president of Serbia
* Eckart Höfling, Franciscan and director of "Venerável Ordem Terceira de São Franciso de Peniténcia" in Rio de Janeiro
* Wikipedia, represented by Jimmy Wales
* Peter Gabriel, musician and human rights activist

References

External links

* (German)