Promikon

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Promikon ( project for missionary concert work ) is an association in Germany and at the same time the name of a music fair for Christian music.

Focus

There are artists and organizers of modern Christian music and other art forms, e.g. B. Comedy and Theater, supervised and brought together. The supervised artists include: B. Judy Bailey and Florence Joy .

The largest forum for this is the annual artist fair. In addition to the exhibition, numerous stage shows, seminars and workshops will take place during the fair.

The David Award music prize has been presented on it since 2007 . This prize was already available in a similar form as the Promikon Award.

The association publishes an artist handbook with around 200 listed artists.

history

In 1991, the religious and community educator Christoph Buskies in Greifenstein started the concept Promikon , an acronym for the project of missionary concert work . It sees itself as a link between organizers and Christian artists. In 1992, an association of the same name was founded in Kaarst - Büttgen with its headquarters in Greifenstein. As an agency service, it publishes an artist fair and a biennial artist handbook. The inclusion in the Promikon artist handbook is a prerequisite for an appearance at the Promikon artist fair.

Fair

In 1993 the first Promikon fair took place in a Protestant parish in Büttgen on the Lower Rhine , a district of Kaarst in the Rhine district of Neuss ( North Rhine-Westphalia ). With increasing success annually in Wetzlar in the Lahn-Dill district ( Hesse ). After that, a permanent location was given up. The last venues were Mannheim (2005 and 2006) and Gießen (2007 and 2009).

Promikon Award and David Award

The Christian music prize awarded during the mass was renamed from Promikon Award to David Award in 2007 and thus set a reference to the biblical musician and King David .

The award is presented by the Christian youth broadcaster Tru Young Television and the Promikon. Christian musicians are honored in the various - sometimes changing - categories, e.g. B. National Artist , International Artist , Newcomer , Music Clip , Website Artist / Band , Album, and Artist Personality .

After a preselection made by an expert jury made up of representatives of the organizing media of the Christian music scene, the nominations for the award are made in an online vote. An exception is the prize in the artist personality category , which is awarded exclusively by the jury. In addition to the artistic aspects of the respective categories, the reference to the Christian faith and the value orientation of the works are also assessed.

Award winners

2007

On February 3, 2007 the David Award was presented in Giessen for the first time . The gala was attended by 2,500 spectators.

2009

On January 31, 2009, the David Award was presented for the second time. (Co-nominees in brackets)

2011

The David Award was presented in Gießen for the third time on February 5, 2011 (co-nominees in brackets).

2013

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The preparations for the PROMIKON trade fair are in full swing ( Memento from December 17th, 2008 in the web archive archive.today )
  2. ↑ Artist manual "Online" ( Memento from March 9, 2009 in the web archive archive.today )
  3. ↑ PROMIKON artist handbook , accessed on May 28, 2017.
  4. ↑ Klaus Depta: Rock and Pop Music as an Opportunity: Impulse for Practical Theology , Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2016, p. 619 f.
    History and tasks of Promikon ( Memento of March 10, 2009 in the web archive archive.today )
    Katrin Fauser, Arthur Fischer, Richard Münchmeier: “You have to experience it yourself ...”: Biographical portraits of young people from the Protestant youth, Budrich 2006
  5. ↑ The PROMIKON goes into the 10th round! ( Memento from November 17, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  6. ↑ The David Award Jury 2009 ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.david-award.de
  7. ↑ »David Award« nominations ( Memento from November 17, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  8. ^ Winner of the David Award 2011
  9. ↑ Nominated for the David Award 2011