Diverse Bernese music honored
The Camerata Bern, Werner Hasler, Nemo and Soukey are honored with the Music Prize of the Canton of Bern 2025. The "Coup de cœur" prize for young talent goes to rapper Jule X.
Founded over 60 years ago, the Camerata is firmly established in Bern with its own concert series. It performs at international festivals and in leading concert halls in Switzerland and beyond. The ensemble is also closely associated with its two artistic partners, violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and cellist Steven Isserlis.
Werner Hasler is a live sampling artist, electric musician and trumpeter who prefers to realize site-specific and multi-channel hybrid forms between installation and live performance. He creates unique, new sound spaces in numerous local and international collaborative projects and formations. He also teaches on the Jazz and Contemporary Music course at Bern University of the Arts.
ESC winner Nemo's style is a mixture of pop, hip-hop and classical music. According to the Canton of Bern, the result is "a unique combination of tradition and modernity". With technical precision, musical sensitivity and an unmistakable expression, Nemo has enriched the Swiss music scene in the long term.
With the music prize, the Canton of Bern is also recognizing Soukey's achievements to date as well as her commitment to diversity, artistic innovation and social relevance. Soukey represents a new generation of female musicians who reflect the present and shape the future with artistic courage, intellectual depth and emotional effectiveness.
The prize money amounts to CHF 15,000 each, while the "Coup de cœur" prize for young talent is endowed with CHF 3,000. The entire announcement can be read here: https://www.be.ch/de/start/dienstleistungen/medien/medienmitteilungen.html?newsID=d17ae0cb-13e3-48f9-84ab-c734842bf262
