Grand Prix Music 2024 goes to cellist Sol Gabetta
Published: Thursday, May 23rd 2024, 10:51
Updated At: Friday, May 24th 2024, 01:59
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The Federal Office of Culture is awarding the Grand Prix Music 2024 to cellist Sol Gabetta. The prestigious award is endowed with 100,000 francs. A further ten prizes go to yodeler Simone Felber and metal band Zeal & Ardor, among others.
Sol Gabetta is one of the most successful and best-known cellists of our time, the Federal Office of Culture wrote in a press release on Thursday. Her repertoire includes the most important cello works from the Baroque to the modern era. She was born in Argentina in 1981 and now lives in Aargau.
The music prizes worth 40,000 francs went to composer Ivo Antognini (TI), multi-instrumentalist Simone Aubert (GE), yodeller Simone Felber (LU), violinist Leila Schayegh (BS), saxophonist Tapiwa Svosve (ZH), metal band Zeal & Ardor (BS), and sound poet Zimoun (BE).
The Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival, the Swiss Museum and Center of Electronic Musical Instruments in Fribourg and the Basel collective Somatic Rituals will each receive a special prize.
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