End of the Bernburg Culture Prize
At CHF 100,000, it was one of the most highly endowed cultural prizes in Switzerland and beyond. But now, according to a report in the "Berner Zeitung", this is coming to an end. The money is to be distributed differently.
According to the newspaper, the change in strategy can be traced back to Patrizia Crivelli, the head of the Burgergemeinde's Culture and Society department, who has been in office for a year. The office was created as the "civic counterpart to the municipal cultural secretary" (Berner Zeitung). The two incumbents from the Burgergemeinde and the city, Crivelli and Franziska Burkhardt, know each other. They both used to work for the Federal Office of Culture.
The Culture Prize of the Burgergemeinde Bern, endowed with CHF 100,000, was awarded for the 30th and final time in June 2018 and went to the cabaret theater "La Cappella", a renowned Bernese stage for cabaret, chanson and cabaret. Previous winners have included the Camerata Bern, the Brienz Violin Making School, the Swiss Jazz Orchestra and the Mühle Hunziken concert venue.
Coat of arms of the Bernese societies 1796, drawing by Franz Niklaus König
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