Several awards for jazz representatives of the HKB
Andreas Schaerer, lecturer at the Bern University of the Arts (HKB), has won this year's BMW Welt Jazz Award with his band Hildegard lernt fliegen, and four HKB jazz students have been honored by the Friedl Wald Foundation.
The Swiss sextet Hildegard Lernt Fliegen beat the Dutch trio Tin Men and the Telephone in the final in Munich. In addition to the award, they will receive prize money of 10,000 euros; second place is endowed with 5,000 euros.
Four scholarships from the Friedl Wald Foundation, each worth CHF 14,000, will go to HKB Jazz students this year. The recipients are Marena Whitcher (vocals), Michael Haudenschild (piano), Benjamin Muralt (electric bass) and Valentin von Fischer (double bass).
