Award for Walter Labhart

Labhart, who was born on Lake Constance in 1944 and has lived in Endingen in the canton of Aargau for many years, has worked as an editor and journalist for radio, television and print media. He has worked as a freelance music researcher, dramaturge and curator for over 40 years. During this time, he has conceived and designed dozens of exhibitions, organized concert series by Aargau and international composers and written monographs on Aargau artists such as Peter Mieg, Martin Ruf and Werner Wehrli. With the support of his wife Dora, he has also amassed a large archive of specialist literature, scores, autographs, recordings, concert programs and much more over the decades.

With the new recognition award created in 2017, the Aargau Board of Trustees honors special achievements in the field of cultural mediation. As with the Canton of Aargau Art Prize, the Canton of Aargau writes that the aim is not least to draw the attention of a wider audience to work that is often less in the spotlight.