Zeal & Ardor awarded
The 2020 Basel Pop Prize, now endowed with CHF 20,000, went to Zeal & Ardor; Anthony "Tony" Thomas received the Recognition Prize and Steffi Klär the 1st Spotlight Prize.
How the RFV Basel - Promotion of pop music and music network in the Basel region announced that the awards ceremony on November 19 was streamed live for the first time in its eleven-year history. The Basel Pop Prize went to Zeal & Ardor for the second time since 2017. The jury (James Gruntz, Marion Meier, Tim Renner, Bettina Schelker, Alfonso Siegrist) explained their decision by saying that the band had "further strengthened their international appeal" since then. Four bands were nominated from 250 suggestions: Anna Rossinelli, Klaus Johann Grobe, Mehmet Aslan and Zeal & Ardor.
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- Photo: Mathias Mangold
- Steffi Klär
The 2020 recognition prize is endowed with 6,000 francs. It went to Anthony "Tony" Thomas "for his many years of continuous music-making".
Finally, Steffi Klär was awarded the newly created Spotlight Prize. She received the 2,000 francs in recognition of "her many years of professional work for the regional pop scene, which she has often done and continues to do in the background".
The live stream of the award ceremony is still available: www.rfv.ch/live
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- Photo: Samuel Bramley
- Anthony "Tony" Thomas
