Obwalden and Nidwalden award work grants
The cantons of Obwalden and Nidwalden have announced grants for artists and cultural practitioners for the first time in 2014: The start is being made with two contributions within the music category. The winners have now been announced.
From the twelve applications received, the expert jury - consisting of Pirmin Bossart (music journalist Lucerne), Hanspeter Pfammatter (musician Lucerne), Moana Labbate (choirmaster Hildisrieden), Joseph Gnos (Delegate of the Cultural Promotion Commission Obwalden) and Emil Wallimann (Cultural Commission Nidwalden) - awarded CHF 20,000 to Jul Dillier and CHF 10,000 to Famous October (Rene Coal Burrell and Sarah Bowmann). The prizes will be awarded in the fall.
Born in 1990, Jul Dillier studies jazz piano with a minor in percussion at the Basel Music Academy. He received the work grant for the project "Frères de son" - Treffpunkt Obwalden - Bobo Dionlasso, developed together with bassist Pascal Eugster: a band of Burkinabe and Swiss musicians that will go on tour in spring 2015.
Rene Coal Burrell and Sarah Bowman founded the acoustic duo Famous October in 2012. A studio residency in New York brought Burrell and the US-born singer together. The work contribution is intended to set the course for establishing the singer-songwriter duo and introducing them to a wide audience.
