Thurgau support for Hartmann and Jost
Thrugau awards grants to artists from the canton once a year. This year, the musicians Christoph Hartmann and Raphael Jost are also eligible.
This year, the six grants will be awarded to artists from the fields of visual arts, literature and music. The grants are intended to "specifically facilitate personal and artistic development".
The 29-year-old singer, pianist, songwriter, arranger and bandleader Raphael Jost was awarded the soloist prize at the European Young Jazz Prize in Burghausen, Germany, in 2012 and won the Swiss Jazz Award three years later. He has already given concerts at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Blue Balls Festival Lucerne, Schaffhausen Jazz Festival, Burghausen Jazz Week, Winterthur Music Festival, Festival Da Jazz in St. Moritz and the Jazz Festival in Ascona, among others.
Christoph Hartmann is a freelance musician in various constellations; he plucks the double bass with the Wyfelder Luusbuebe, composes for various film, theater and children's projects and accompanies readings with electric guitar and loop device. He also works as a guitar teacher and band leader at the music school in Weinfelden.
In addition to Hartmann and Jost, the jury also honored Reto Müller, visual artist, Stein am Rhein; Sebastian Stadler, visual artist, Zurich; Sara Widmer, visual artist, Zurich; Tabea Steiner, literary artist, Zurich.
