Lucerne Culture Prize goes to Urban Mäder
Lucerne City Council honors the work of musician Urban Mäder with its 2018 Art and Culture Prize, endowed with CHF 25,000. The two 2018 recognition prizes go to artist Catherine Huth and musician Martin Gössi.
Urban Mäder has been committed to the entire spectrum of new and experimental music for decades. He explores the boundaries of sound, tone, rhythm and space and thinks critically about social contexts. As an "outstanding mediator and sought-after educator", he knows how to open up musical, literary and artistic worlds to students and experienced musicians, writes the city.
Urban Mäder is co-founder and president of the "Forum Neue Musik Luzern" and is very well networked both nationally and internationally and is always in demand for the development of new compositions and concepts. He lives with his family in the city of Lucerne.
According to the city's press release, Martin Gössi is representative of Lucerne's subculture and the associated institutions and projects. He was caretaker of the municipal music center Sedel and is the singer of the Moped Lads, but also a graphic artist, poster designer and illustrator. As an organizer, he repeatedly brings punk legends to Sedel for a concert. The recognition prize is endowed with 10,000 francs.
