The pianist Gabriela Montero who has exposed multiple abuses in her native Venezuela, has been awarded the 2018 International Beethoven Prize for human rights, peace, freedom, anti-poverty and inclusion. The award of the Beethoven Academy in Bonn takes into account an artist’s engagement in the broader society outside the concert hall. [see: http://trueheroesfilms.org/thedigest/awards/beethoven-prize-for-human-rights].
Gabriela said in a Facebook post, “I am very grateful for this prestigious award, if only because it will offer one more opportunity to give public voice to the millions of Venezuelans suffering the gravest imaginable consequences of a narco-mafia autocracy.” See also my earlier post: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2014/02/28/and-the-nominees-are-oscars-for-human-rights/#more-4653
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https://slippedisc.com/2018/10/venezuela-whistleblower-wins-beethoven-prize/
Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards 
December 9, 2019 at 18:47
[…] For last year’s award, see: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2018/10/15/venezuelan-pianist-gabriela-montero-wins-the-2018-beeth… […]
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May 25, 2024 at 21:01
[…] Gabriela Montero is a Grammy Award-winning Venezuelan pianist and recording artist. Celebrated for her exceptional musicality and ability to improvise, Montero has garnered critical acclaim and a devoted following on the world stage. Montero’s recent highlights include her first orchestral composition, “Ex Patria,” a tone poem that grew from the human rights struggle in Montero’s native Venezuela. The piece powerfully illustrates and protests Venezuela’s descent into lawlessness, corruption, and violence, winning her first Latin Grammy® for Best Classical Album.Montero is a committed human rights advocate, using her gifts of composition and improvisation as tools of creative dissent. In 2015, she was named an Honorary Consul by Amnesty International. Montero was awarded the 2012 Rockefeller Award for her contribution to the arts and was a featured performer at Barack Obama’s 2008 Presidential Inauguration. [see also: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2018/10/15/venezuelan-pianist-gabriela-montero-wins-the-2018-beeth…%5D […]
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