"Trio E.T.A." receives Berenberg Culture Prize 2023

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The Berenberg Bank Foundation from 1990 awarded the annual Berenberg Culture Prize to young artists studying or working in Hamburg yesterday at the Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg. The "Trio E.T.A." was awarded the 12,000 euro Berenberg Culture Prize. Scholarships were awarded to the vocal ensemble "Vocoder", guitarist Milad Darvish Ghane and artist Marie Pietsch.

Founded in Hamburg in 2019, the Trio E.T.A. consisting of Elene Meipariani (violin), Till Schuler (cello) and Till Hoffmann (piano), began playing romantic music, loves artistic crossovers and deals with the chamber music repertoire from classical to contemporary music. Writer, composer and critic E.T.A. Hoffmann is the namesake and idol of the trio, which has already won several awards, precisely because of his versatility and love of music.

"The E.T.A. Trio impresses audiences with its virtuoso ensemble playing, subtle shaping of chamber music timbres and intelligent interpretations," explains Prof. Dr. Jan Philipp Sprick, member of the Board of Trustees, who presented the Berenberg Culture Prize together with Dr. Hans-Walter Peters, Chairman of the Foundation's Management Board and Chairman of the Bank's Administrative Board.

A scholarship was awarded to the six-piece vocal ensemble "Vocoder", which was founded in 2016 by students from the Hamburg University of Music and Drama (HfMT). The six singers are characterized by their stylistic diversity and their cross-genre repertoire, which ranges from folk songs to pop songs and classical pieces.

Another scholarship holder is the German-Iranian guitarist Milad Darvish Ghane. He has lived in Hamburg since 2015 and completed his bachelor's and master's degree with Professor Olaf van Gonnissen after studying for a master's degree at the University of Arts in Tehran.

Marie Pietsch received a scholarship. The contemporary artist completed her studies at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg (HFBK) in 2022 with a Master of Fine Arts under Prof. Andreas Slominski.

The Berenberg Bank Foundation was established in 1990 to mark the bank's 400th anniversary and annually awards the Berenberg Culture Prize, one of the most highly endowed prizes for young talent in northern Germany. The foundation also promotes the education of artists by awarding scholarships and project funding. "Berenberg has been committed to culture in Hamburg for many years. It is particularly important to us to support up-and-coming artists in order to further strengthen Hamburg's reputation as a cultural metropolis," says Dr. Hans-Walter Peters. To date, over 1 million euros have benefited up-and-coming artists.

Peters particularly thanked the members of the Board of Trustees Katharina Trebitsch (film producer), Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hermann Rauhe (Honorary President of the HfMT), Prof. Dr. Jan Philipp Sprick (President of the HfMT) and Prof. Martin Köttering (President of the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg, HFBK), who have supported the foundation's board for many years.