Grand Prix Music 2017 for Patricia Kopatchinskaja
The Swiss Grand Prix Music 2017 goes to violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja. The award ceremony took place this Friday at the Kaserne Basel. The musician, who is currently playing at the prestigious Enescu Festival, spoke about her award during a live broadcast from Bucharest.
Patricia Kopatchinskaja has been selected from 15 prizewinners on the recommendation of the Federal Jury for Music and will receive prize money of 100,000 Swiss francs.
The Federal Office of Culture FOC has awarded the Swiss Grand Prix Music for the fourth time. The award recognizes "the outstanding and innovative musical work of individual musicians or groups". Once again this year, the 15 prizewinners represent the entire spectrum of Swiss musical creation.
The fifteen winners of the 2017 Swiss Music Awards are Pascal Auberson (Lausanne), Andres Bosshard (Zurich), Albin Brun (Lucerne), Christophe Calpini (Longirod), Elina Duni (Zurich), Vera Kappeler (Halbenstein), Jürg Kienberger (Basel), Grégoire Maret (New York), Jojo Mayer (New York), Peter Scherer (Zurich), Endo Anaconda (Fankhaus-Trub), Töbi Tobler (Wittenbach), Helena Winkelman (Basel), Jürg Wyttenbach (Basel) and Patricia Kopatchinskaja (Bern), who receives the Swiss Grand Prix for Music.
