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Verleihung der Anerkennungs- und Förderpreise der Stadt Chur 2025

3. June 2025

Writer Gion Mathias Cavelty, production manager Iris Peng and visual artist Miguela Tamò have been awarded this year's City of Chur Recognition Prize. Three sponsorship awards go to the rock band Happy for Real, the singer Nora Bertogg and the actress Annina Hunziker.

The city awards recognition prizes in recognition of at least ten years of cultural work that is of significance to Chur and its immediate surroundings. This year, one of these prizes goes to the Chur writer Gion Mathias Cavelty, whose literary work blends numerous literary influences. Another prize is awarded to the visual artist Miguela Tamò, who completed her artistic training at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence and later lived and worked in Chur for a long time, recently exhibiting again in Chur. Finally, a third prize goes to production manager Iris Peng. She never wanted to be on stage, she says, but the work behind and around the stage continues to captivate her. "I've experienced so much in productions over the last 20 years that I could write not just one book about it, but several," says Peng.

The city of Chur is also keen to support young artists by awarding three sponsorship prizes. In 2025, the Chur band Happy for Real, the singer Nora Bertogg and the actress Annina Hunziker will be honored. The latter, who was born in Chur in 1993, recently attracted particular attention as Ladina in the Swiss-German Romansh series "L'ultim Rumantsch".

The band Happy for Real found out about the award shortly before the release of their new album "Solar Storm" at the end of June 2025. According to Olivia Virgolin and Marcus Petendi, they are delighted that their work is being seen and appreciated "even without a big drumbeat on social media." Chur singer Nora Bertogg can be found in Chur just as regularly as Happy for Real. After performing on the stage of the Chur Theatre in 2024 in honor of those honored with the city's cultural awards at the time, this
year she has a place of honor in the front row. Chur audiences will particularly remember Bertogg's solo voice evening YESS I SAID I SAID YESS in the Postremise, for which she won 3rd prize in the Swiss Competition for Contemporary Music. Her effortless way of switching between different singing styles and surprising the audience time and again never fails to impress.

Public cultural award ceremony at the Theater Chur

The artists will be honored on Friday, 15 August 2025, from 5.30 p.m. as part of the public cultural award ceremony at Theater Chur. Both the recognition and sponsorship prizes are endowed with CHF 4,000 each. Due to the limited number of places, registration for the public cultural award ceremony is required by August 8,
2025 at the latest.

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