Expert Jury nominates 22 entries for the European Cultural Brand Awards
Added: (Wed Oct 09 2019)
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The shortlist of the European Cultural Brand Awards 2019 has been finalised. On 26 September 2019, a 42-member jury of experts from the fields of culture, business and the media having assembled on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Museum Island Berlin selected 22 nominees. 105 entries from Germany, France, Holland, Croatia, Lithuania, Austria, the Czech Republic and Switzerland had been submitted for the 14th European Cultural Brand Award. The award ceremony for Europe's most prestigious cultural prize will take place as part of the "Night of Cultural Brands" cultural brands gala on 7 November 2019 on the UNESCO World Heritage site Zollverein in Essen in front of 650 invited guests from business, culture, politics and the media. The awards go to trendsetting cultural providers, sustainable investments in cultural projects, innovative educational programmes, urban culture and cultural tourism regions as well as the most committed cultural managers from Europe. The award ceremony will be opened by Michelle Müntefering, Minister of State for Cultural Affairs at the Federal Foreign Office
The judges nominated the following candidates:
Within the prize European Cultural Brand of the Year 2019, the panel nominated State Castles and Gardens of Baden-Württemberg, jazzahead! and 100 years of bauhaus.
The following have a chance to be recognized as the European Trend Brand of the Year 2019: Festival Out Of The Box, #strangethingschallenge - Historisches Museum der Pfalz as well as the STEGREIF.orchester.
The potential winners of the award European Cultural Manager of the Year 2019 are Dr. Gabriele Minz (Managing Director Young Euro Classic), Benedikt Stampa (Director Festspielhaus Baden-Baden) and Hedwig Fijen (Founding Director Manifesta).
The judges’ nominations for the category European Cultural Investor of the Year 2019 went to the Atelier Türke Messedesign - „Revolte! – Creative Urban Art“, the Art Stations Foundation CH - MUZEUM SUSCH and FEDORA - The European Circle of Philanthropists of Opera and Ballet.
The jury’s nominations in the category European Education Program of the Year 2019 will give these organizations a reason to celebrate: „# in the Bubble?“ - Cölner Barockorchester, „Erbe, Tradition, Moderne - Europäischer Kultur- und Wissenstransfer durch Wandergesellen“ - Deutsche Gesellschaft e.V., as well als JeKits - for every child musical instruments, dancing, singing.
Kulturland Brandenburg - „Rediscover Brandenburg with us!“, Saalfelden Leogang Touristik GmbH and the Tourist Authority South Moravia received nominations for the European Cultural Tourism Region of the Year 2019.
The following are in the finals for the award offered for the German speaking parts of Europe – the Prize for Urban Culture 2019:. City Krefeld with the “Krefelder Perspektivwechsel” (“Krefeld’s change of perspective”), City Bad Oldesloe and Kulturraffinerie K714" - Monheimer Kulturwerke GmbH.
Nominated in the new category „European Prize for Media Culture 2019“ is Monopol – Magazin for Art and Lifestyle.
Following the decision on this year's award winners, the jurors elected Dr. Hagen W. Lippe-Weißenfeld, member of the Board of the Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft, as the new Jury President of the European Cultural Brand Awards.
The former chairman of the Jury and former President of the Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft, Prof. Dr. Oliver Scheytt, will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award in the category "European Cultural Manager of the Year 2019" at the "Night of Cultural Brands" cultural brand gala on 7 November 2019 as a pioneer of cultural policy and cultural management in Germany.
During the “Night of Cultural Brands” on November 7th, the award winners in the respective categories will receive the AURICA, a 23 centimeter tall waxed bronze statute. AURICA is a Romanian girl’s name, which stands for “The Golden One”. The name is a combination of everything humankind covets so much: Aura, aurum and eureka. Moreover, the sculpture is a symbol for the excellence, attractiveness and diversity of the european culture market and a synonym for the valuable communications work of european cultural providers as well as the outstanding commitment of the sponsors in the european culture.
The European Cultural Brand Award receives funding from 53 business partners, including Zollverein Foundation, State of North Rhine Westphalia, RSM GmbH, SAP, Mihai, Bayer Kultur, ARTE Magazin, Deutsche Welle, Funke Mediengruppe. Funding for the AURICAs is provided by Securitas AB.