Music prizes 2024 of the Canton of Bern

Malcolm Braff has recorded around 30 records in various formations, including two on the Blue Note label. In Crémines, where he lives, he and others founded the Maison-Matrice - a house dedicated to art and creativity by all for all, which operates on the principle of a donation economy. The Canton of Bern honors Malcolm Braff for "his strong musical personality, his enormous talent and his extraordinary openness".

As a solo violinist and chamber musician, Gabrielle Brunner devotes herself in particular to contemporary music. She is in great demand as a commissioned composer and has been commissioned by numerous institutions, including the Lucerne Festival and the Bern Music Festival.

Annalena Fröhlich has built up an international network and established an artistic practice based on sound, sound design, performance and video art. She works on a transmedia Gesamtkunstwerk and audiovisual political statement that exists in both physical and virtual space.

Beat Man Zeller has become an integral part of the Bernese music scene. He tried his hand as a singer and musician at the age of 13 before founding his band The Monsters in 1986 and launching his own record label Voodoo Rhythm Records in 1992. With The Monsters, Zeller created a completely new genre that fused psychobilly with garage punk and presented it at more than a thousand concerts in South America, Japan, Australia, the USA and the rest of the world.

The band Mouche-Miel, signed to Humus Records, are Silas Auderset on drums and Sébastien Minguely on guitar. They stand for instrumental rock with metal/math rock influences. The two eccentric musicians from St-Imier manage to light a fire on stage and ignite the audience.

The prize money amounts to CHF 15,000 each, and CHF 3,000 for the "Coup de cœur" prize for young talent.