Fredi Bosshard honored with the Zurich Stadttaler
Jazz promoter and concert organizer Fredi Bosshard has been honoured by the city of Zurich with a Stadttaler. Mayor Mauch thanked him for his great services to jazz in Zurich - especially as the organizer of the Taktlos Festival at the Rote Fabrik.
Mauch presented Bosshard with the award on the occasion of the Schlippenbach Trio's concert at the Rote Fabrik. The Stadttaler is the City of Limmat's medal of honor and has previously been awarded to Elmar Weingarten and Peter F. Weibel as representatives of the Zurich Festival, as well as to the singer Udo Jürgens.
Fredi Bosshard, long-time president of the Fabrikjazz Zurich association, organized countless top-class jazz concerts in the city of Zurich - including as part of the Taktlos festival, which he directed for the 34th time in 2017. According to the city's press release, he always put art at the heart of his work and managed to ensure that the focus of Zurich as a city of culture was on this sometimes uncomfortable and constantly evolving music for a few days every year.
Bosshard made a significant contribution to the fact that the Zurich jazz scene today enjoys an excellent reputation far beyond the country's borders. He has a large international jazz network, which he has repeatedly put at the service of Zurich's culture.
