AZ Medien: Aargau Culture Prize 2010 awarded to Max Lässer
On Thursday evening, musician Max Lässer was awarded the 2010 Aargau Culture Prize by AZ Medien. The award, which comes with a prize of 25,000 Swiss francs, was presented for the twelfth time this year.
Peter Wanner, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Publisher of AZ Medien, presented the prize at a ceremony in the Stanzerei in Baden in the presence of personalities from the worlds of culture, business and politics. The Aargau Culture Prize 2010 honors a guitarist and bandleader who consistently pursues his path and delights people with his ideas on Swiss folk music, but also with global collaborations, according to a statement from AZ Medien. Max Lässer is globally networked and locally committed - be it in terms of cultural policy or in collaboration with young musicians and bands.
