Jazz Prize Berlin

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The Berlin Jazz Prize has been awarded annually since 2017 by the State of Berlin and Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb). The award, endowed with 15,000 euros, will be presented at a public concert in the small broadcasting hall of the rbb.

history

Jazz musicians who shape the Berlin scene have been awarded the SWR Jazz Prize in the past ; but there was no comparable honor related to Berlin. The initiative for a corresponding jazz prize aimed at Berlin came from the IG Jazz Berlin association . The award is intended to give media recognition to the state's diverse jazz scene. In addition, the rbb allows the award winner a concert in the small broadcasting hall. The station's cultural radio broadcasts the recording in its program.

The Berlin Jazz Prize is awarded by appointment procedure; an application is not possible. The jury is reappointed by mutual agreement each year by the two organizers. It includes several musicians (initially Julia Hülsmann , Alexander von Schlippenbach and Nikolaus Neuser , currently in addition to last year's prize winner Kathrin Pechlof and Robert Landfermann ) an independent jazz critic (initially Bert Noglik , currently Angela Ballhorn) and, as chairman of the jury, Ulf Drechsel, jazz editor on the rbb's cultural radio ; A representative of the Senate Chancellery for Cultural Affairs acts as a jury member without voting rights. The Berlin Jazz Prize is to be awarded in the first half of the year. The price is not divisible.

Award winners

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The restless central star Tagesspiegel , June 23, 2017
  2. ↑ a b c Press release by the Berlin Senate's cultural administration , December 1, 2016
  3. ↑ Aki Takase receives the Berlin Jazz Prize 2018 , Jazzzeitung
  4. ↑ Berlin Jazz Prize for Axel Dörner , Jazzthing
  5. ↑ The Berlin Jazz Prize 2020 goes to Silke Eberhard , Jazzzeitung