Rudolf Stilcken Cultural Communication Prize 2017 awarded

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The Rudolf Stilcken Cultural Communication Prize, which honors innovative cultural mediators, was awarded for the third time on October 12, 2017.

The art project space in the former Leipzig spinning mill "intershop interdisziplinaire" received the first prize (€8,000), the classical music magazine VAN, Berlin was awarded the second prize (€5,000), Berlin and the LUMIX Young Photography Festival, Hanover received the third prize (€3,000). The award ceremony took place in the newly renovated Forum of the University of Music. Present were the founder Mrs. Angelika Jahr-Stilcken, the president of the university Prof. Elmar Lampson as well as the prize winners Hartmut Welscher and Tobias Ruderer, founders of the classical magazine VAN, Louise Walleneit and Dr. Thomas Wohlfahrt, Intershop and Isabel Winarsch as well as Prof. Rolf Nobel, Lumix.
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Flender, Head of the Institute for Culture and Media Management at the University of Music and Drama: "We are very grateful that Mrs. Jahr-Stilcken is enabling us to continue her husband's initiative. High-quality cultural communication is essential for our society in the age of the digital revolution. In a time of surplus communication possibilities, the Rudolf Stilcken Cultural Communication Prize honors people and initiatives that rethink the communication potential of culture and use new information technologies to reach new audiences."
Further information can be found at: www.kulturkommunikationspreis.de