City of Lucerne honors Isa Wiss
The City of Lucerne is awarding its 2019 Art and Culture Prize (CHF 25,000) to author and translator Christina Viragh. Singer Isa Wiss and actor Patric Gehrig receive recognition prizes (CHF 10,000 each).
Isa Wiss impresses as an "extraordinary vocal artist and performer", writes the city. Her versatile artistic work "expresses the versatility of her voice as well as her virtuosity, creativity and curiosity". From opera to jazz and folk music to noisy improvisations, she is a convincing performer in all genres.
In recent years, Isa Wiss has conceived and realized several elaborate children's music theater productions. The most recent project "Die Wörterfabrik" is a collaboration with the musicians Vera Kappeler, Peter Conradin Zumthor and Luca Sisera. In "Wörterfabrik", Isa Wiss combines her playful musicality with her virtuoso handling of language. Isa Wiss enjoys national resonance both with her own projects and as a sought-after guest musician.
