Lily Waeckerlin Prize for Keller and Maurer
The two Bernese music educators Bettina Keller and Bernhard Maurer have won the Accentus Foundation's Lily Waeckerlin Prize for Youth & Music 2014, endowed with 60,000 francs, with their project "JakOb's Journey to the Sea".
The project features 100 cellists and double bassists, from interested beginners to professional students. Pieces on the theme of water from five centuries as well as four world premieres by contemporary Bernese composers will be performed. The magician couple Wundertäter - Christoph Borer and Lou - weave the pieces of music together.
The Lily Waeckerlin Fund of the Accentus Foundation awards an annual music prize. The prize is awarded to an innovative and high-quality project in the field of youth and music. In 2013, the prize went to the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. Previous winners include the Lucerne Theater, the Upper Valais singing school cantiamo, the Bernese association Tönstör, the Gare des enfants Basel, the Köniz music school and the Ecole de Musique du Conservatoire de Lausanne.
More info: www.jakobsreise.ch
