Jazz sponsorship prizes awarded
The seventh music competition organized by the Marianne and Curt Dienemann Foundation Lucerne was reserved for jazz for the first time.
At the request of the jury, the Foundation Board awarded seven sponsorship prizes totaling 51,000 Swiss francs. The prizes were awarded to: Rico Baumann, percussion, Bern; Claire Huguenin, voice, Bern; Matthias Tschopp, saxophone, Zurich; Florian Egli, saxophone, Zurich; David Meier, percussion, Zurich; Yves Theiler, piano, Zurich; Lukas Wyss, trombone, Worb.
Thirty students and graduates of the jazz course registered for the competition; 18 of them were invited to audition in Lucerne.
Founded in 1986, the Foundation The main aim of the program is to promote training in the field of music (jazz and classical) and the development of literary works. The target group is young (up to the age of 40), talented literary artists, musicians and composers of Swiss nationality or artists who live in Switzerland.
