Presentation of the Pablo Casals Award – For A Better World will take place on Sunday, 2 October 2022 in the Casals Forum.

6.30 pm, Casals Forum, großer Saal
Moderation: Nina Ruge
Laudatio: Prof. Dr. Michael Wolffsohn
Admission: €5, free seating / Buy tickets

The Casals Forum opening at the 2022 Kronberg Festival will mark the beginning of a new tradition at Kronberg Academy. Here, the Academy will present the first ever Pablo Casals Award – For a better world, which in future will be awarded annually to an artist who has shown exceptional social commitment. The sponsorship award is initiated by Flossbach von Storch AG, a company headquartered in Cologne.

The great cellist Pablo Casals (1876-1973) was a passionate advocate of peace. He lived by the maxim that art and humanity are inseparable. “I am a man first, an artist second. My first obligation is to the welfare of my fellow man.” He not only embodied this principle through his own life, he called on all musicians “to place the purity of their art at the service of humanity”.
The self-image of the Kronberg Academy Foundation is derived from Pablo Casals’s approach: artists bear responsibility towards music, people and the planet.

„I am a man first, an artist second. My first obligation is to the welfare of my fellow man.“

Presentation of the prize is intended to support and encourage artists to follow the example set by Pablo Casals, and thereby act as an inspiring role model for future generations.
The award carries prize money of €10,000, which is designed to support the project led by the winning artist.
Any commitment or project honoured with the Pablo Casals sponsorship award should have recognisably great potential, to ensure that the prize money is used effectively.
The jury for the Pablo Casals Award – For A Better World is predominantly made up of members of the Kronberg Academy Foundation’s Artistic Council: Marta Casals Istomin, Christoph Eschenbach, Gidon Kremer, Sir András Schiff and chairman Raimund Trenkler.

Tickets for Concert 21 “Resonanzen” on Sunday, 2 October 2022 at 7.45 pm also grant free entry to the awards ceremony. Please register your space by telephone on +49 (0) 6173 783377, or by emailing karten(at)kronbergacademy.de. A space will be reserved for you upon receipt of your request.