"youth+music": Initiative committee honored with prize
In Bern, Vladimir Ashkenazy, president of the jury, presented the 7th Johanna Dürmüller-Bol Young Classic Award, endowed with 20,000 Swiss francs, to Christine Egerszegi, member of the Council of States.
As president of the initiative committee, Christine Egerszegi and her team played a major role in ensuring that over 70 percent voted in favor of the introduction of the constitutional article in the referendum in September 2012. The clear result offers all children and young people access to music, regardless of the size of their parents' wallets, write those responsible for the prize.
The Johanna Dürmüller-Bol Young Classic Award is a joint project of the Interlaken Classics Festival and the Fondation Johanna Dürmüller-Bol. The award is presented annually to an institution that has made a special contribution to the promotion of young classical musicians.
Previous winners include the Davos Festival - young artists in concert, the Sibelius Academy Helsinki, the Bern Conservatory Music School and the Friends of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation.
