German Jazz Award for Ronny Graupe
Ronny Graupe, lecturer in jazz guitar at the Bern University of the Arts (HKB), has been awarded a trophy and prize money of 10,000 euros at this year's German Jazz Prize.
According to the HKB press release, Ronny Graupe "enriches many important projects in the scene with his highly virtuoso and clever guitar playing as a bandleader and sidemusician". He had an astonishingly large output in 2019 and 2020 and was the initiator of "Into The Shed", a concert series in Lockdown, where he ensured a great deal of networking and visibility for the scene.
The German Jazz Award shines the spotlight on the diversity and creative power of the German jazz scene and honors exceptional, artistic and innovative achievements in a national and international context with awards in 31 categories.
