Cultural awards of the City of Zurich
The City of Zurich is awarding 25 artists and two collectives with work years, scholarships and gifts of recognition totaling 693,000 francs, including Darija Andovska and Iris Szeghy for composition and Trio Rafale for interpretation.
The awards in the music category also include Dominik Huber, Jurczok 1001 and Flo Stoffner from the rock/pop/jazz sector. In the dance category, recognition awards of CHF 12,000 each were presented to Tina Beyeler, Simone Blaser, Kilian Haselbeck and Lucie Tuma.
The City of Zurich sees the work years, scholarships and recognition awards as a key instrument for promoting the independent scene, as set out in the cultural mission statement for the years 2012 to 2015 as a goal of the city's cultural policy.
