Grand Prix of Folk Music
The Grand Prix of Folk Music was an annual folk music competition that took place from 1986 to 2010 and was initiated by Sepp Trütsch . Initially only artists from Germany , Austria and Switzerland took part. South Tyrol has also been taking part in this competition since 2000 and had won the competition five times in these eleven years. Switzerland is the record winner with a total of eight victories.
This Grand Prix was organized as a co-production by ORF , ZDF , SF DRS and Rai Sender Bozen by the “Working Group for the Promotion of Musical Entertainment” (in Austria chaired by Günter Tolar ). On September 15, 2010, the broadcasting stations announced the end of the Grand Prix due to the low ratings.
The winners
- 1986 (Vienna): Nella Martinetti (Switzerland) - "Bella Musica"
- 1987 (Dortmund): Maja Brunner (Switzerland) - "That seems Spanish to us"
- 1988 (Zurich): Original Naabtal Duo (Germany) - "Patrona Bavariae"
- 1989 (Linz): Stefan Mross (German starting for Austria) - "Heimwehmelodie"
- 1990 (Saarbrücken): Kastelruther Spatzen (South Tyrolean starting for Germany) - "Tears don't suit you"
- 1991 (Innsbruck): Alpentrio Tirol (Austria) - "Have a little time for me"
- 1992 (Zurich): Stefanie Hertel (Germany) - "Every Bacherl has a Brückerl"
- 1993 (Rostock): The young Klostertaler (Austria) - "I believed in a miracle"
- 1994 (Zurich): Henry Arland with Hansi and Maxi (Germany) - "Echo of the Mountains"
- 1995 (Vienna): Géraldine Olivier (Switzerland) - "Take your time again"
- 1996 (Mainz): Daniela and Dirk (Switzerland) - "Monte Cristallo"
- 1997 (Zurich): Sandra Weiss (Switzerland) - "I'm not looking for paradise"
- 1998 (Vienna): Francine Jordi (Switzerland) - "The fire of longing"
- 1999 (Erfurt): Monique (Switzerland) - "Once like this, once like that"
- 2000 (Zurich): Oswald Sattler & Jantje Smit (South Tyrol) - "I'll show you the mountains"
- 2001 (Vienna): Marianne Cathomen (Switzerland) - "Hey baby, kiss me again"
- 2002 (Meran): Nockalm Quintett & Stephanie (Austria) - "There on cloud nine"
- 2003 (Rust): Marc Pircher (Austria) - "Hey Diandl, feel it like i"
- 2004 (Vienna): The Ladins (South Tyrol) - "Bend over to gray hair"
- 2005 (Zurich): The Psayrer with Barbara (South Tyrol) - "Mountains in Fire"
- 2006 (Munich): Rudy Giovannini , Belsy and the Coro Monti Pallidi (South Tyrol) - "Salve Regina"
- 2007 (Vienna): Sigrid & Marina with the Zillertaler Haderlumpen (Austria) - "Everything has two sides"
- 2008 (Zurich): Die Klostertaler (Austria) - "Home is where the mountains are"
- 2009 (Munich): Vincent and Fernando (South Tyrol) - "The Angel of Marienberg"
- 2010 (Vienna): Belsy and Florian Fesl (Germany) - "I like Di"
Individual evidence
- ↑ ZDF withdraws the Grand Prix of Folk Music by Britta Schultejans, September 16, 2010, accessed on February 9, 2014 at www.welt.de
- ↑ Welcome to the “Grand Prix of Folk Music 2010” ( Memento of the original from December 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated September 14, 2010, accessed on September 15, 2010 (no longer available online)
Web links
- www.gpvolksmusik.at ( Memento from April 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- Complete overview of all participating songs since 1986
- Out for the "Grand Prix of Folk Music"