Bernese Musicians Honored

Ludmilla Mercier is a director, performer, and composer. Her works combine musical theater, movement, and visual elements. According to the Canton of Bern, the artist explores everyday phenomena in her creative work. She combines seemingly mundane elements with absurd ones, thereby examining the relationship between reality and perception.

The duo Lo & Leduc, consisting of Lorenz Häberli and Luc Oggier, has been a fixture on the Swiss music scene for years. In addition to their past chart successes, such as the cult hit 079 According to the canton, the duo is distinguished by its artistic and social stance.

Musician and performance artist Rebecca Solari delivers outstanding performances through her vocal presence as the character Fulmine. Solari channels the same energy with her electro-punk duo, Crème Solaire.

Conductor and violinist Droujelub Yanakiew has made a name for himself both at home and abroad. He combines classical music with a wide variety of art forms and musical genres, including collaborations with Bonaparte, the Kummerbuben, Steff la Cheffe, Nemo, and Michael von der Heide.

The prize money for the Bern Music Awards is 15,000 francs each. The «Coup de cœur» award for emerging artists, worth 3,000 francs, goes to the rap collective ETO.