Visibly touched, Birgit Süss stands on the stage. “You feel incredibly valued and that’s great,” says the cabaret artist. The city of Würzburg honored her together with the painter Elvira Lantenhammer. Both received the Culture Prize of the City of Würzburg on Monday evening. Elvira Lantenhammer for the year 2020, Birgit Süss for the year 2021. Due to corona, the award had to be postponed several times before.
Mayor: Würzburg “poorer” without culture
In order to offer a more worthy setting, the city held the ceremony in the Würzburg Congress Center. “Culture is back, but it was never completely gone,” said Mayor Christian Schuchardt (CDU) in his welcoming address. Without culture, Würzburg would be “poorer”. The city’s culture prize is endowed with 5,000 euros.
A voice for the cultural scene
Prizewinner Birgit Süss was born in Augsburg and has lived in Würzburg for many years. She made a name for herself as a presenter, actress and jazz singer. As a cabaret artist, she has performed on the most famous stages in the country. The city of Würzburg praised Birgit Süss as “an important and quite loud voice in the free artist scene”. Süss was committed to other artists during the Corona period. “I’ve learned that it’s important that we stand together and that we have a voice to make ourselves heard,” Süss said in an interview with BR.
Painter Elvira Lantenhammer receives prize for 2020
The award for 2020 went to visual artist Elvira Lantenhammer. The painter lives at Homburg Castle in Triefenstein (Main-Spessart district). Her pictures have been exhibited many times, again and again in Würzburg. “I was really happy to finally experience the award ceremony,” said Lantenhammer.
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