Berlin Bear (BZ Culture Prize)

The Berlin Bear (not to be confused with the Silver and Golden Bears of the Berlinale ) is a culture award from the tabloid B.Z.

It has been awarded annually to outstanding artists since 1991. The BZ bear is a bronze sculpture designed by the Berlin sculptor Ernst Leonhardt . According to one of the artist's molds, the sculpture is cast at the ARA-Kunst foundry in the Bavarian forest using a wax-melting process, patinated in a greenish brown and polished by hand. The sculpture is called The Dancer and is about 30 cm tall.

So far, celebrities such as Daniel Barenboim , Norman Foster , Martina Gedeck , Katja Riemann , Helmut Newton , Armin Mueller-Stahl , Katharina Thalbach , Christa Ludwig , Christo and Jeanne-Claude , Volker Schlöndorff , Mario Adorf , Hildegard Knef , Ute Lemper , Yvonne took part Catterfeld , Karl Lagerfeld , Claus Peymann , Anita Kupsch , W. Michael Blumenthal , Billy Wilder , Daniel Libeskind , Wolfgang Joop , Max Raabe , Nina Hagen , Heino Ferch , Regina Ziegler , Walter Plathe and Dieter Hallervorden received the award.

1992 laureate

Laureate 1993

Rut Brandt
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Daniel Barenboim
Jochen Kowalski
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Katharina Thalbach
André Heller , Bernhard Paul , Peter Schwenkow
State Ballet and artist school

1994 award winner

1995 award winner

Prize winner 1996

1997 award winner

1998 award winner

Elvira Bach
Norman Foster
Thomas Langhoff
Neukölln Opera
Thomas Ostermeier
Katja Riemann
Rose pride
Acting family Otto Sander , Monika Hansen , Meret Becker and Ben Becker
Sasha Waltz

1999 award winner

Prize winner 2000

2001 award winner

Moritz Bleibtreu (film)
Barbara Carus (dance) for her project Musical for kids
Jeff Koons (visual arts)
Irina Pabst (social commitment)
Philipp Stölzl (New Media)
Horst Wendlandt (film)

2002 award winner

W. Michael Blumenthal (cultural and political engagement / international understanding)
Count Finck von Finckenstein (culture)
Andrej Hermlin (music), band leader, pianist and manager of the Swing Dance Orchestra
Jenny Holzer (visual arts)
Anita Kupsch (film)
Claus Peymann (theater)
Heribert Sasse (theater)

2003 award winner

Wilhelm von Boddien (culture)
Richard Branson (patronage)
Michael Degen (literature)
Heino Ferch (actor)
Friedrichstadtpalast (theater art)
Harald Glööckler (fashion)
Regina Ziegler (film)
Radyo Metropol FM (Media)

2004 award winner

Heinz Berggruen (Honorary Award)
Yvonne Catterfeld (Pop)
Angelica Domröse (actress)
Nina Hagen (music)
Jörg Immendorff (Culture)
Wolfgang Joop (fashion)
Vladimir Anatolyevich Malachow (dance)
Kent Nagano (culture)
Theater RambaZamba Berlin (theater art) for the commitment to the integration of the disabled

Award winner 2005

Michael "Bully" Herbig (film)
Brigitte Mira (life's work)
Max Raabe (show)
Peter Raue (art)
Silbermond (Pop)
Thomas Quasthoff (classical)

Prize winner 2006

DJ Paul van Dyk (Pop)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Classic)
Brigitte Grothum (theater)
Klaus Hoffmann (chanson)
Nina Hoss (film)
Alexandra Neldel (TV)
Günther Uecker (visual arts)

2007 award winner

Iris Berben (social engagement)
Tokio Hotel (Rock)
Udo Jürgens (life's work)
Jonathan Meese (visual arts)
Angelika Milster (musical)
Polina Semionova (dance)
Michael Wolffsohn (urban culture)

2008 award winners

Georg Baselitz (visual arts)
Klaus Maria Brandauer (theater)
Martina Gedeck (film)
Mireille Mathieu (life's work)
Museum of Natural History (Berlin) (Institution)
Nadja Michael (opera)
Bernd Siggelkow , founder of Die Arche - Christian children and youth organization (social commitment)

Prize winner 2009

In 2009 there was no award ceremony. On December 8, 2008, Axel Springer AG announced that all events in 2009 would be canceled. The reason for the rejection was the international financial crisis. The publisher wanted to prevent layoffs with the austerity measure.