Cultural Awards 2023 of the Canton of Basel-Landschaft
The cantonal government of Basel-Landschaft has awarded Baldur Brönnimann the Music Prize, Barbara Piatti the Mediation Prize, Jean-Paul Brodbeck the Music Prize and Rebekka Salm the Literature Prize.
Baldur Brönnimann graduated from the Basel Music Academy and the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. He has worked as music director of the Colombian National Symphony Orchestra in Bogotá, as artistic director of "BIT20", one of Norway's most renowned contemporary music ensembles, and as chief conductor of the "Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música" in Portugal. He has also conducted other major orchestras, including in Seoul, Oslo, Bergen and Vienna. Since 2016 and until the end of the 2022/2023 season, he has been Principal Conductor of the Basel Sinfonietta, which he has led with tireless dedication and guided into a progressive organizational structure.
Jean-Paul Brodbeck was part of the Basel hip-hop group P-27 and worked for Seven and as a theater musician at the Zurich Schauspielhaus alongside Michael Neuenschwander and Mike Müller in Martin Suter's "Geri". From 1998 to 2004 he was a permanent member of the "Bait Jaffe Klezmer Orchestra", and from 2007 to 2010 part of the quartet around Wolfgang Muthspiel. He teaches at the Lucerne School of Music.
German scholar Barbara Piatti, who grew up in Duggingen and now lives with her family in Basel, has made a name for herself in the region over the years as a cultural mediator. In collaboration with her team and other experts, Piatti has been developing interdisciplinary cultural projects and publishing non-fiction books for years, each accompanied by a varied educational program.
Rebekka Salm grew up in Bubendorf and now lives in Olten. After completing an apprenticeship and working in a bank, she studied Islamic Studies and History in Basel and Bern. In addition to her work as a copywriter, adult educator in the field of migration, presenter and mother of a daughter, she also publishes columns and short stories. In 2019, she won the Swiss Writers' Trail writing competition and published her story in the book "Das Schaukelpferd in Bichsels Garten" in 2021.
The category prizes are endowed with CHF 20,000 each, the sponsorship prize with CHF 15,000. The next cultural award ceremony will take place on Wednesday, May 15, 2024.
