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News of  May 16, 2001

DaimlerChrysler Award for South African Jazz 2001

• Award presented to jazz musician Themba Mkhize
• Prize endowed with DM 100,000
• Jürgen E. Schrempp to present award

Stuttgart – Themba Mkhize is this year’s winner of the DaimlerChrysler Award for South African Jazz. Mkhize will receive the award on May 10, 2001, from DaimlerChrysler CEO Jürgen E. Schrempp at the Mercedes Event Center in Sindelfingen, Germany. The award ceremony is part of a reception that Schrempp is hosting in his capacity as Honorary Consul General of the Republic of South Africa on the occasion of the country’s national holiday, "Freedom Day." Mkhize and his band, "Themba Mkhize & Friends," will also perform at the ceremony.

The seven-member jury consisting of internationally renowned experts, including Darius Brubeck, Peter Herbolzheimer, Sibongile Khumalo, James Morrison and Clark Terry, met from November 27 – 30, 2000, in Johannesburg to select the 2001 winner. In explanation of its decision to award the prize to Mkhize, the jury stated that the award winner is a musician whose work stands for both South African jazz and jazz music in South Africa.

The DaimlerChrysler Award, which is endowed with DM 100,000 in prize money and other forms of support, was established in 1999. As a sponsoring project, it plays an important role in DaimlerChrysler’s support of culture. The aim of the prize is to honor and promote the cultural achievements of a country in terms of its general social and political development and maturity. Behind the DaimlerChrysler Award is also the idea that talented, up-and-coming artists from all of a country’s artistic and cultural fields should be supported, thereby boosting their national and international reputation as well. The award currently focuses on South Africa.

In his speech, Schrempp emphasized DaimlerChrysler’s commitment to southern Africa: "We’re involved in the region because we know that our company and our employees profit greatly from the worldwide convergence of markets, a precondition for ensuring profitable growth and an increase in value over the long-term. I am certain that if everyone pulls together, there can be a bright future for southern Africa, and indeed for Africa as a whole. And we are obligated to help." Turning to the artist, Schrempp offered a very simple explanation as to why the jury selected Themba Mkhize for the award: "Because your music has mesmerized us."

The award is meant to promote various stages of personal and artistic development as well as the career of the award winner. In addition to the prize money, which is intended to serve as a basis for further development, the artist is also given the opportunity to present his or her work at a large venue — both in Germany and in the artist’s home country. Depending on what type of art or cultural endeavor he or she is involved in, the artist can use the award to organize a traveling exhibition (as did last year’s winner, Kay Hassan) or present a series of concerts, as Themba Mkhize intends to do. Next year’s prize will be awarded to a sculptor.

Themba Mkhize recently recorded a new CD, the mastering of which was made possible by the DaimlerChrysler Award. "Lost and Found," which combines traditional forms of South African music with jazz elements, will be presented to the public for the first time on the evening of May 10.

Following his appearance in Sindelfingen, Mkhize will perform a further four times during the spring tour of the BuJazzO (the Youth Jazz Orchestra of the Federal Republic of Germany) as part of the DaimlerChrysler Award. The dates are May 15 in Kehl, May 16 in Montabaur, May 17 in Georgsmarienhütte and May 18 in Worms.

Mkhize will also take part in the BuJazzO’s late summer rehearsals from September 9 – 20 in Altegolfsheim near Regensburg.

(May 10, 2001)

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