Overjoyed bands and solo acts, fantastic atmosphere and top live sound at the ORF Vorarlberg Music Prize ceremony
Vienna (OTS) – A full festival grounds, wonderful summer weather and a great party feeling made the fifth “Sound@V” music award from ORF Vorarlberg an unforgettable experience. Spotlights on and sound off was the motto on Friday evening, July 5, 2024, when the award show took place at the “Poolbar Festival” in Feldkirch. Cordoba78, Gardens, Nnella, Pia Denz and “kurzfristig” were the lucky musicians who scooped up the coveted prizes. George Nussbaumer was honored for his life’s work. The “Sound@V” is endowed with prize money totaling 25,000 euros.
Award winners
The band Cordoba78 won in the Pop/Rock category. The musicians were able to convince with their song “Roulette Tisch”. Gardens won in the Alternative/Singer-Songwriter genre. They had already made it into the FM4 annual charts last year with their first single “Waves”. Nnella impressed in the Open Pool category with the song “Hin & Weg (Teil 2)”. Newcomer of the year is Pia Denz. The Vorarlberg native who lives in Vienna entered her song “That you care” into the race. In the dialect category, the band scored “kurzfristig” with their song “Shiedzi”.
Audience favourite and life’s work
Cordoba78 not only convinced the jury, but was also chosen as the audience’s favorite – the band received the most votes in the online voting on vorarlberg.>. George Nussbaumer received the award for his life’s work. The passionate musician has been at home on international concert stages for more than four decades and is a fixture in Vorarlberg’s music scene.
Jury and audience decided together
The decision on the awarding of the prizes was a combination of the large audience vote at vorarlberg.> and the votes of the international jury of experts. The “Sound@V” panel of experts was top-notch, with singer Julian le Play, Hannah and Laura Breitfuß from the Austrian band “Cousines like Shit”, FM4 presenter and journalist Riem Higazi and SRF3 presenter Céline Werdelis.
Great show with lots of music
At the award show, music fans were treated to a colorful mix of live music, exciting interviews, awards and band portraits. The music acts Fiesta Forever, Cordoba78, Julia Zischg, Gardens and Pia Denz performed live. After the award show, the band “Cousines like Shit” heated things up again at the after-show party in the pool of the old indoor swimming pool. The ORF Vorarlberg presenters Inés Mäser and Dominic Dapré hosted the show. ORF Radio Vorarlberg and vorarlberg.> broadcast live.
Prominent Fans
ORF regional director Markus Klement and ORF Vorarlberg editor-in-chief Angelika Simma-Wallinger welcomed, among others: regional councillor Martina Rüscher, Christoph Thoma (member of the state parliament and ÖVP culture spokesperson), Green Party regional spokesperson Eva Hammerer, Bernie Weber (member of the state parliament and Green Party culture spokesperson), Manfred Rädler (mayor of Feldkirch), Cenk Dogan (city councillor for culture in Bludenz), Claudia Voit (head of the culture department in Vorarlberg), ORF foundation councillor Alfred Geismayr with Angelika, NEUE editor-in-chief Joachim Mangard, Patrick Fleisch (head of key account Russmedia), Poolbar boss Herwig Bauer, Christian Lampert (project manager for the Vorarlberg brand, Wirtschafts-Standort Vorarlberg GmbH), Chamber of Labor President Bernhard Heinzle and Messe Dornbirn managing director Sabine Tichy-Treimel.
“Sound@V” with strong partners
The ORF Vorarlberg music award “Sound@V” is organized jointly with “Marke Vorarlberg”, “NEUE am Sonntag” and the “Poolbar Festival”. The “Newcomer” category was presented by the collecting society AKM/aume.
Markus Klement, Regional Director of ORF Vorarlberg: “I would like to congratulate all the award winners! Talented bands and solo acts impressively demonstrated what they are capable of on the ORF Vorarlberg stage. I am particularly pleased that the award for lifetime achievement was given to the great musician George Nussbaumer! A big thank you goes to our loyal partners for their valuable support of our music award!”
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