City of Lucerne honors Manuel Troller
The Lucerne City Council honors the artist Rolf Winnewisser with the 2023 Lucerne Art and Culture Prize. The two 2023 recognition prizes go to Martina Clavadetscher, author and playwright, and Manuel Troller, guitarist and composer.
Born in 1986, Manuel Troller is active as a guitarist and composer in various musical fields, according to the city's press release. He impresses as a musician with determination, clarity, precision and ease. With the internationally active formation "SchnellerTollerMeier", he has been playing uncompromising music between free improvisation, hardcore, modern composition and brute rock music since 2006, but is also at home in pop music.
By "exploring the limits of his instrument using preparations, extended techniques, sound alienation and a keen sense for the moment", he has become a sought-after guitarist in Switzerland. The list of collaborations, concerts and invitations to national and international festivals is long and testifies to his extraordinary and astute musical artistry. In 2021, Troller was awarded the Swiss Music Prize.
