Yuri Bashmet gives $25,000 to Verbier Festival boss

Yuri Bashmet gives $25,000 to Verbier Festival boss

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norman lebrecht

April 14, 2015

Just to show they are more than Facebook friends, the Yuri Bashmet International Charitable Fund has awarded its 2014 Dmitry Shostakovich prize – $25k and a statuette – to the Verbier Festival founder, Martin Engstrom.

Past winners include Denis Matsuev, Yefim Bronfman, Maxim Vengerov and Evgeny Kissin.

martin engstroem

Comments

  • Verbier says:

    Do that mean we get some of our tourist tax back that pays for the festival??

  • Christian says:

    Eventually to accept a prize from a clear Putin’s vassal is a real shame for Verbier and his artistic director.

  • Doug says:

    What do they call this again? “Logrolling”?

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