Great events are casting their shadows ahead - in five days' time, Igor Levit and Lisa Batiashvili will be honored with the Emperor Otto Prize from the state capital of Magdeburg and the Emperor Otto Cultural Foundation. In the 10th anniversary year of the award ceremony and the 20th anniversary [...]
The Magdeburg Youth Art School's art project ‘Otto I as a world designer’ celebrated its grand opening yesterday evening with a vernissage in Magdeburg Cathedral. On the occasion of the awarding of this year's Emperor Otto Prize to two world-class artists, a very special co-operation between the Emperor Otto Cultural [...]
In just a few days, Lisa Batiashvili and Igor Levit will be honoured with the city's highest and most important award. In 2025, the Emperor Otto Cultural Foundation will be celebrating the 10th award ceremony and the 20th anniversary of the prestigious prize. In this anniversary year, two artists will [...]
Jean Asselborn was Foreign Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg from 2004 to 2023. In this position, he has shaped European politics more than almost anyone else over 19 years. Asselborn is a convinced European, a high-profile foreign policy expert and a man of clear words. The future of [...]
Accompanying programme with exhibition in the cathedral and town hall talk in the town hall Preparations for the Emperor Otto Prize 2025 award ceremony on 2 July in Magdeburg Cathedral are entering the final phase. This year, violinist Lisa Batiashvili and pianist Igor Levit will be honoured with the state [...]
The state capital of Magdeburg and the Emperor Otto Cultural Foundation are proud that Christian Berkel, nationally and internationally acclaimed actor and author, will give the laudatory speech on the occasion of the 10th Emperor Otto Prize award ceremony for this year's prizewinner Lisa Batiashvili and this year's prizewinner Igor [...]
A good time to review the award ceremony from 2023. On 30 August, the former Slovakian President Zuzana Čaputová received the international Emperor Otto Prize for her unyielding commitment to human rights, freedom, peace and the rule of law. Former German President Joachim Gauck and the then Vice-President of the [...]
Jean Asselborn, former Foreign Minister of Luxembourg, will give the keynote speech at the award ceremony for this year's Emperor Otto Prize to pianist Igor Levit and violinist Lisa Batiashvili. The laudatory speech for the two artists will be given by German actor Christian Berkel. The award ceremony will take [...]
Today's Europe Day on 9 May commemorates the Schuman Declaration of 1950 and thus the origins of the European Union. This year we are celebrating the 75th anniversary of this common basis for co-operation. In the current times, in which our continent is increasingly characterised by crises, it is all [...]
Bernd Göbel: The artist behind the portrait medals of the Emperor Otto Prize On 2 July, the city of Magdeburg will present its most important award for the 10th time: the Emperor Otto Prize. To mark this anniversary, two personalities, pianist Igor Levit and violinist Lisa Batiashvili, will be honoured [...]
