Dominik Sackmann receives the papal order Benemerenti
Dominik Sackmann is honored for his fiftieth anniversary as a church musician.
Born in Riehen near Basel in 1960, Dominik Sackmann studied organ in Zurich from 1980-84 and musicology, church history and Latin philology in Basel and Bern. He was music editor at Radio DRS2 from 1988-1993. He has been managing director of the Christoph Delz Foundation since 1994. He heads the Institute for Music Research at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and teaches music history, performance practice and chamber music.
The Benemerenti Medal of Merit ("to the well-deserving") is a papal decoration for services to the Catholic Church. It is also known as the Bene merenti and Benemerenti Medal. It goes back to various traditions of papal awards that honored both civilian and military achievements. (Source: Wikipedia)
