Solothurn Art Prize goes to Urs Joseph Flury
The Solothurn cantonal government honors the composer, musician and conductor Urs Joseph Flury with the 2016 Art Prize. Eight other artists are awarded specialist prizes, while cultural mediator Johanna Borner receives the 2016 Recognition Prize.
Urs Joseph Flury has shaped Solothurn's cultural landscape in an outstanding and diverse way for decades, writes the canton. As a violinist and conductor, the Biberis native is particularly dedicated to the works of Solothurn composers. The extensive catalog of works by the composer Urs Joseph Flury includes chamber music and orchestral works as well as instrumental concertos, songs, choral works and church masses. Urs Joseph Flury worked for decades as a music teacher in schools and as a musicologist he is a profound expert on music history and the Swiss music scene.
Soprano Stephanie Bühlmann and musician Stefan Feingold received specialist prizes, as did Markus Egli, cultural mediator (prize for cultural mediation), Stefan Jaeggi (prize for photography), Das narrativistische Literaturmagazin (prize for literature), Fraenzi Neuhaus (prize for three-dimensional work), Marcel Peltier (prize for painting) and Katharina Rupp (prize for theater).
The cultural mediator Johanna Borner from Günsberg is awarded the recognition prize for her commitment. The art prize is endowed with CHF 20,000, the specialist prizes and the recognition prize with CHF 10,000 each.
