Birthday Gift from Turku
Turku, European Capital of Culture 2011
PRIX EUROPA thanks Turku for a generous gift! A surprise for all participants at this year's Awards ceremony which will be held on Saturday, 29 October 2011.
"Welcome to Turku, European Capital of Culture 2011
The European Capital of Culture Turku has adopted a wide definition of culture: culture touches everyone and is an integral part of both everyday life and festivities. And, in its many forms, culture does good to the people and the environment. This year has been an excellent opportunity to demonstrate this fact in various different ways.
According to the official EU guidelines, the Capital of Culture year must take into account the ‘European dimension’ and the ‘city and citizens’ as part of urban development. Both of these dimensions have a strong foothold in the extensive Turku 2011 Capital of Culture Programme.
Turku 2011 Programme consists of more than 160 projects including approximately 5000 individual events. The events and other 2011 actions have been created by some 15 000 people. Among these there are acknowledged international and national artists, but also ten thousand local inhabitants creating a new cultural communality. In addition to the cultural arenas, culture can be found at unconventional places, such as senior housing, hospitals, the state prison, churches and remote islands.
We in Turku wish that this new tradition of encounter between different fields of art and culture as well as many other meaningful acts launched this year, will continue in the future and play a part in increasing the well-being of the people and environment alike.
One important part is being part of the PRIX EUROPA 2011 Award ceremony. We hope culture does good to all the participants in the Award ceremony, and far beyond in the future." - Turku, European Capital of Culture 2011
For more information, please contact the PRIX EUROPA Press / PR Office.
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Birgit Oehmcke
PRIX EUROPA
phone: +49 30 97993 10913
Email address:events(at)prix-europa.de