The award ceremony 2019

What a party! To honor this year’s The Power of the Arts winners, an award ceremony was held on 30 January 2020 at the F.A.Z. Atrium in Berlin.

January 31, 2020

With lively emceeing by Katty Salié and laudations from our jurors Samy Deluxe, Alexandra Georgieva, Kübra Gümüşay, and Lamya Kaddor, we celebrated this year’s awardees* with nearly 300 guests from culture, politics, and society.

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Christian Boros and Diana Kinnert © Clemens Porikys
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Elfie Buben and Moderator Katty Salié © Clemens Porikys
Aino Laberenz © Clemens Porikys
Elfie Buben, Franz Dinda, Jennifer Ulrich © Clemens Porikys
Chiara Schoras and Ilknur Boyraz © Clemens Porikys
Elfie Buben and Samy Deluxe © Clemens Porikys
Diana Kinnert, Alexandra Georgieva, Gregory Darcy © Clemens Porikys
Axel Pape and Johanna Keimeyer © Clemens Porikys
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Christian Boros and Diana Kinnert © Clemens Porikys
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Elfie Buben and Moderator Katty Salié © Clemens Porikys
Aino Laberenz © Clemens Porikys
Elfie Buben, Franz Dinda, Jennifer Ulrich © Clemens Porikys
Chiara Schoras and Ilknur Boyraz © Clemens Porikys
Elfie Buben and Samy Deluxe © Clemens Porikys
Diana Kinnert, Alexandra Georgieva, Gregory Darcy © Clemens Porikys
Axel Pape and Johanna Keimeyer © Clemens Porikys

Our congratulations to the winning projects, each of which is receiving 50,000 in prize money: Hajusom from Hamburg, Offener Kanal Magdeburg, the orchestra Bridges – Musik verbindet, and DieTanzKompanie from Esslingen. We very much look forward to seeing the projects enabled by this prize in the coming year!

Samy Deluxe and Patrick Jannack from Offener Kanal Magdeburg © Clemens Porikys
Hajusom and Samy Deluxe © Clemens Porikys
DieTanzKompanie and Jury member Alexandra Georgien © Clemens Porikys
Bridges - music unites © Clemens Porikys
Alexandra Georgieva, Katty Salié and DieTanzKompanie © Clemens Porikys
Bettina Wiengarn, Susann Frömmer from Offener Kanal Magdeburg with Elfie Buben © Clemens Porikys
Hajusom and Samy Deluxe
Johannes Blattner and Laura Brückmann from DieTanzKompanie © Clemens Porikys
Bridges - music unites © Clemens Porikys
Samy Deluxe and Patrick Jannack from Offener Kanal Magdeburg © Clemens Porikys
Hajusom and Samy Deluxe © Clemens Porikys
DieTanzKompanie and Jury member Alexandra Georgien © Clemens Porikys
Bridges - music unites © Clemens Porikys
Alexandra Georgieva, Katty Salié and DieTanzKompanie © Clemens Porikys
Bettina Wiengarn, Susann Frömmer from Offener Kanal Magdeburg with Elfie Buben © Clemens Porikys
Hajusom and Samy Deluxe
Johannes Blattner and Laura Brückmann from DieTanzKompanie © Clemens Porikys
Bridges - music unites © Clemens Porikys

As a company domiciled in Germany with American roots, Philip Morris stands up and assumes responsibility for the society in which we live and work. The Power of the Arts Award was presented for the third time in 2019. It honors projects and initiatives that transform our society in the spirit of greater openness through art and culture.

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