Every three years since 1979, the German Orchestra Association (Deutsche Orchestervereinigung DOV) honours special contributions to the German orchestra landscape with the so-called “Hermann-Voss-Kulturpreis der deutschen Orchester“.

Thomas Grube, Uwe Dierks und Andrea Thilo (BOOMTOWN MEDIA)

This year the award is presented to BOOMTOWN MEDIA (represented by associates Andrea Thilo and Uwe Dierks, both producers, as well as Thomas Grube, director and producer)

“With their visionary cinema and documentary films RHYTHM IS IT! and TRIP TO ASIA - each with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle - BOOMTOWN MEDIA triggers important impulses with lasting impact for the German Orchestra and musical landscape.” explains the jury in their decision statement. “ Especially RHYTHM IS IT!, the film about a dance project featuring pupils with a migration background initiated an ongoing discussion about the importance of musical education and made follow-up projects of other orchestras possible.“

Awardees of the past include among others the former Minister of Baden-Württemberg Lothar Spät, former director of the WDR Fritz Pleitgen and conductors Kurt Masur and Gerd Albrecht. The award ceremony will be held on the occasion of the GERMAN ORCHESTRA CONFERENCE 2009 on May 12th at the Kaisersaal in Erfurt.