Swiss Grand Prix Music 2019 goes to Cod.Act
The Swiss Grand Prix Music 2019 goes to Cod.Act - André and Michel Décosterd. The two brothers focus on the interactions between sound, image and space. A further fourteen musicians or ensembles were awarded the Swiss Music Prize.
André and Michel Décosterd were born in 1967 and 1969 in Le Locle. André Décosterd, a musician, specialized in music informatics and studied the composition systems of electro-acoustic and contemporary music. Michel Décosterd, an engineer, began designing moving sculptures. Since 1997, the two brothers have combined their talents as Cod.Act, creating musical and architectural forms with an aesthetic reminiscent of the industrial world.
The following 14 musicians or ensembles will be honored with a Swiss Music Prize: Bonaventure - Soraya Lutangu (Rougemont VD), d'incise - Laurent Peter (Geneva), Pierre Favre (Le Locle), Ils Fränzlis da Tschlin (Engadin), Béatrice Graf (Nyon), Michael Jarrell (Geneva), Kammerorchester Basel (Basel), KT Gorique (Sion), Les Reines Prochaines (Basel), Rudolf Lutz (St. Gallen), Björn Meyer (Bern), Andy Scherrer (Brunnadern SG), Sebb Bash (Lausanne) and Marco Zappa (Locarno).
From jazz to contemporary music, from hip-hop to rap and from classical to folk music, all genres of music are represented by the award winners. This year, however, the focus is on electronic music in a wide variety of forms. For the first time, a prize will also be awarded to an orchestra.
