Kurhaus Wiesbaden. The first concert on his 75th birthday was played by the Bamberger Symphoniker, a program of late Mozart symphonies, in G minor and C major, and Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto. Awards In 1997 Herrmann was awarded the Hessian Order of Merit, and in 2002 received the Goethe Plaque, the highest award of the Hessian Ministry for Science and the Arts. References External links Wenig Subvention und große Klassik Manuel Brug, Die Welt, 4 July 2011 Michael Herrmann / Intendant und Geschäftsführer des Rheingau Musik Festivals dib-ag.de Biographie Michael Herrmann - Schatzmeister Association of German Concert Agencies 1944 births Living people People from Wiesbaden People from Hesse-Nassau Festival directors