Orchestra association honors Fehlmann
The German Orchestra Association (DOV) has awarded the German Orchestra Culture Prize to Beat Fehlmann from Switzerland. The award recognizes the exemplary commitment of the director of the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz to the entire orchestral landscape.
Beat Fehlmann was born in Aarau in 1974, lives partly in Basel and took over the directorship of the Staatsphilharmonie in September 2018 after working in Graubünden and Constance, among other places.
According to the jury, Beat Fehlmann has developed the orchestra in Ludwigshafen into an innovative location with his efforts to increase diversity, his focus on the topic of "music and health", live streams using 360-degree camera technology and, above all, his efforts to attract new audiences.
The DOV has been awarding its Culture Prize every three years since 1979 to individuals who have rendered outstanding services to orchestras and radio ensembles. Among those honored are NRW Minister of Culture Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen, Gewandhaus conductor Kurt Masur and Lothar Späth, then Minister President of Baden-Württemberg.
