Puerta Sur nominated for BMW Welt Jazz Award 2018
Trio Puerta Sur has been nominated for the BMW Welt Jazz Award 2018. They will be performing their own adaptations of tango nuevo trouvailles and Argentinian folk songs in Munich on March 18, 2018.
The trio Puerta Sur consists of Marcela Arroyo (vocals), Andreas Engler (violin) and Daniel Schläppi (bass). Thomas Schläppi is also co-owner of the Catwalk label, on which the ensemble releases its recordings. The most recent is "Tres Mil Uno", which reduces orchestral world music from Argentina to chamber music format.
The BMW Welt Jazz Award has been presented in Munich since 2009. The first prize is endowed with 10,000 euros, the second with 5,000 euros. An audience prize is also awarded. Six ensembles perform in competition concerts between January and March. In 2014, the Swiss ensemble Hildegard lernt fliegen won first prize.
