Federal Office of Culture awards music prizes 2017
The Federal Office of Culture FOC has awarded the 2017 Swiss Music Prize to 15 musicians from various musical genres. The Swiss Grand Prix Music will be awarded on September 22, 2017 at the award ceremony in the Kaserne Basel.
The winners of the Swiss Music Prize 2017 are: Pascal Auberson (Lausanne), Andres Bosshard (Zurich), Albin Brun (Lucerne), Christophe Calpini (Longirod), Elina Duni (Zurich), Vera Kappeler (Haldenstein), Jürg Kienberger (Winterthur & St.Louis), Patricia Kopatchinskaja (Bern), Grégoire Maret (New York), Jojo Mayer (New York), Peter Scherer (Zurich), Endo Anaconda (Fankhaus-Trub), Töbi Tobler (Wittenbach), Helena Winkelman (Basel) and Jürg Wyttenbach (Basel).
The aim of the Swiss Music Prize is to "recognize outstanding and innovative Swiss music and bring it to the public's attention". From jazz, contemporary music, chanson and classical music to film, folk and improvisational music, the prize reflects "the outstanding and diverse spectrum of music creation in Switzerland", according to the BAK.
