Music Council awards Music Gordi to Kretschmann
The German Music Council is awarding a "Music Gordi" today at the Frankfurt Music Fair to the Minister President of Baden-Württemberg, Winfried Kretschmann, because he has shown himself to be immune to protests about the planned merger of the SWR orchestras.
Martin Maria Krüger, President of the German Music Council, explains that national and international protests are fading away in the corridors of the Ministry of State. The manner of communication is "simply bad style" and "ignores the broad front of commitment of artists and cultural institutions as well as the diversity of arguments without any substantive debate on the part of the Minister President".
The "Music Gordi" was awarded by the magazine Music forum together with the new music newspaper was launched. The award ceremony will take place on Thursday, March 13, 2014 at 2.30 pm in Hall 3.1, Stand D41 at Musikmesse Frankfurt. The prize itself takes the form of a knotted recorder and was awarded for the first time last year to Harald Augter, Chairman of the SWR Broadcasting Council.
