Bruno Spoerri honored with Swiss Jazz Award
The expert jury of the Swiss Jazz Award has decided to forego a public vote for the eleventh award and to award Bruno Spoerri the prize for his life's work.
It is impossible to imagine the Swiss jazz scene without 81-year-old Bruno Spoerri. As a jazz musician, especially as a saxophonist, he is one of the great personalities of the genre. In the field of electronic music, Spoerri was a pioneer who was always ahead of his time.
In a musical career spanning over 60 years, he has played with numerous important musicians in various formations and has toured Asia and Africa as well as Europe. Spoerri also made a name for himself as a film music composer.
The Swiss Jazz Award was established in 2007 by Radio Swiss Jazz together with JazzAscona as an audience award to promote the Swiss jazz scene. It is supported by the Migros Culture Percentage. The award will be presented to Bruno Spoerri on June 25, 2017 as part of the JazzAscona festival.
The jury consisted of: Beat Blaser (Music Editor Radio SRF 2 Culture/Jazz), Andrea Engi (President Jazz Club Chur and Swissjazzorama), Nicolas Gilliet (Director JazzAscona), Markus Hauser (Hotel Hauser, Festival da Jazz, St. Moritz), Pepe Lienhard (bandleader, saxophonist and arranger) Sai Nobel (Music Editor Radio Swiss Jazz), Mirko Vaiz (Project Manager Music of the Migros Culture Percentage, Federation of Migros Cooperatives).
