Hartwich-Düfel receives culture prize

The city council followed the recommendation of the Cultural Advisory Board and awarded the 2024 Culture Prize to church musician and harpsichordist Susanne Hartwich-Düfel last week. A musician whose innovative and interdisciplinary concept of church music brings together different generations and milieus was honored, according to the cultural advisory board's statement.

After studying church music (organ and harpsichord) at the University of Music in Munich, Hartwich-Düfel worked in Nuremberg for a long time. Since 2015, she has been the deanery cantor responsible for church music at St. Matthäus in Erlangen. There, she curates a diverse, interdisciplinary concert program that goes far beyond themes of faith. In addition to working with professional musicians, making music together with amateurs and civic engagement are matters close to her heart. Under her direction, fundraisers have been held, for example, in aid of the Erlangen food bank, for the new organ at St. Matthew's, during the Corona period and in the context of Erlangen's partnership work.

The City of Erlangen Culture Prize is awarded every two years. It is endowed with 10,000 euros.