Salzburg Bull for jazz school graduates
Emmental native Christoph Simon, a graduate of the Swiss Jazz School in Bern, is the Swiss titular of the 2018 Salzburg Bull, with the Austrian Science Busters and Pigor & Eichhorn from Germany as co-recipients.
Christoph Simon was born in Langnau im Emmental in 1972. He initially graduated from the Swiss Jazz School in Bern. He became Swiss Poetry Slam Champion twice in a row in 2014 and 2015. In 2015, he won the "Sprungfeder" award at the Olten Cabaret Days, and from 2018 he will be touring Switzerland and Germany with his third solo program "Der Richtige für fast alles". He has now also published five novels, children's books and poems.
The Salzburger Stier, endowed with 6000 euros each, is the most prestigious cabaret prize in the German-speaking world. It was awarded for the first time in 1982. The prize is backed by the public radio stations in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and South Tyrol, which have joined together to form a radio association. The Swiss jury unanimously declared Simon the winner.
