Lucerne Recognition Award For Christov Rolla
The City of Lucerne honors the visual artist Peter Roesch with its Art and Culture Prize. Recognition prizes go to the translator Ute Birgi-Knellessen and the musician Christov Rolla.
Born in 1977 in the Seetal valley of Lucerne, Christov Rolla studied choral conducting and music education at the Lucerne Academy of School and Church Music after gaining his primary school teaching diploma at the Hitzkirch Teachers' College. Rolla works full-time as a freelance theater musician.
Rolla also works as a choirmaster with the Johanneschor Kriens and the a cappella ensemble Integral. He is also the pianist and co-lyricist of the chanson formation Canaille du jour, a permanent member of the reading stage The Beauties and the Beast (Loge Luzern), and he regularly writes columns for 041 - The culture magazine as well as the Werklehrmagazin Traces of work. Rolla lives in Lucerne.
The Lucerne City Council is honoring the work of artist Peter Roesch with the 2017 Lucerne Art and Culture Prize. This is endowed with 25,000 francs. The recognition prizes for the translator Ute Birgi-Knellessen and Christov Rolla are endowed with CHF 10,000 each.
