First Franco Ambrosetti Jazz Award
The Franco Ambrosetti Jazz Award will be presented for the first time at this year's Festival da Jazz St. Moritz. This year's winners are Känzig & Känzig.
With the award, which is endowed with CHF 10,000, Ambrosetti wants to honor personalities who have rendered outstanding services to jazz in Switzerland. They combine "different genres, generations and grooves and speak an open, curious language with playful musicality at the highest level". In addition, they carry Swiss jazz into the world with their extensive international network.
This year's winners are Känzig & Känzig. Anna Känzig reached number 6 in the Swiss charts with her album "Sound and Fury". Now the versatile singer has teamed up with her uncle: Heiri Känzig is one of the leading jazz bassists internationally - he has performed with the Vienna Art Orchestra, Charlie Mariano and Chico Freeman, among others. What Känzig and Känzig have in common is their open musical horizon. For their first joint project, they have chosen the Great American Songbook as their source of inspiration.
The prize will be presented in person by Franco Ambrosetti on July 30 at the Hotel Walther, Via Maistra 215, Pontresina.
