EJN Zenith Award for Trio Heinz Herbert
The Zurich jazz trio Heinz Herbert has been awarded the first Zenith Award for up-and-coming artists at the 12 Points Festival in Amsterdam.
According to the jury, the trio impresses with originality in sound, music and performance, a high degree of virtuosity, strong stage presence and international potential. With traces of free jazz psychedelics from the 70s and particles of contemporary club culture, the trio's "almost telepathic interplay is all about feeling, color and texture".
The Heinz Herbert Trio has been selected by the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia for priority jazz funding for the period 2018 to 2020. It has already performed at festivals and venues such as the JazzFest Berlin (2018), the Unerhoert! Festival in Zurich (2018), the Stadtgarten in Cologne (2019), the Tallinn Music Week (2019), the Willisau Jazz Festival (2017) and the Cully Jazz Festival (2016).
The Zenith Award is associated with opportunities to perform at the European Jazz Conference and at festivals organized by members of the EJN.
