Nick Bärtsch honored with Zurich Art Prize
Jazz musician Nik Bärtsch receives the 2019 Art Prize of the City of Zurich, endowed with 50,000 francs. The award for special cultural merit goes to publisher David Basler.
Bärtsch is "one of the most important exponents of Swiss jazz", writes the City of Zurich. In recent years, he has continuously and highly reflectively developed his very own musical language, which has attracted a great deal of international attention. Even with this success far beyond the country's borders, Bärtsch continues to be very active in the local scene. He has been playing a concert in the city of Zurich almost every Monday for a good 15 years and is a valued mentor among young Zurich musicians.
The award for special cultural merit - endowed with 20,000 francs - is presented by the City of Zurich to publisher David Basler. As co-founder of the publishing house "Edition Moderne", which now specializes solely in comics, and with the comic magazine "Strapazin", he has put the city of Zurich firmly on the map of international comic creation.
