Music prizes 2018 of the canton of Bern

Clarinettist and bassist Paed Conca has been working as a musician and composer for almost 30 years. He writes music for theater and dance, film and small ensembles or improvises together with greats in the field. His work regularly takes him across Europe and to Japan, with a current focus on Lebanon.

Saxophonist Christian Kobi is a member of the saxophone ensemble "Konus-Quartett", but he also performs internationally as a soloist. He also founded the Zoom-in-Festival in Bern in 2004, once again creating a platform for improvised music in Bern.

Bassist Björn Meyer has worked with the Persian harpist and singer Asita Hamidi, the Tunisian oud master Anouar Brahem and the Swiss composer and woodwind player Don Li. A year ago, his first solo album "Pro-venance" was released by ECM.

Sassy J. became internationally known with her performance at the Worldwide Festival in Sètes in 2013. This was followed by a mix on cassette for the label The Trilogy Tapes and performances in Barcelona and Amsterdam. She is thus reaping the rewards of a career that began in the early nineties at the Graffiti youth center in Bern with hip-hop on two turntables.

Behind the pseudonym Milena Patagônia is the 31-year-old musician and freelance journalist Milena Krstic. After being on the road with the rock band The New Cool for a long time, she has found her own style in recent years in a duo with Sarah Elena Müller (vocals/keyboard) and above all with her solo project as Milena Patagônia (voice/electronics). She belongs to a new generation of Bernese dialect pop.

The public presentation of the 2018 Music Awards will take place on Monday, November 19, 2018, at 7.30 pm at the Dampfzentrale Bern.