Lang Lang, Dr.Oetker - Recipient of the Chinese Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award 2010 - and Thomas Schnädter

The 2010 German Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award was presented on June 8th in the „Ballsaal“ of the Hotel de Rome in Berlin.  Dr. Arend Oetker has been honored for his extraordinary engagement and generosity as an outstanding patron of the arts and culture.

Especially his commitment to the Berlin Philharmonics, the “Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben”, and the “Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst” has been emphasized by Thomas Schnädter,  Managing Director Montblanc Germany and Lang Lang, Chairman of the Montblanc Cultural Foundation and world-renowned pianist.

Dr. Oetker was honored with the Montblanc Limited Edition Patron of Art “Elisabeth I” and endowed with 15,000 € Prize money with which he will further support the “Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft im BDI e.V.” and the “Villa Romana” in Florence. In addition to this, Dr. Oetker donated another 15,000 € privately.

Among the guests were the Montblanc de la Culture jury members Sonja Kirchberger, Sunnyi Melles and Thomas Heinze, as well as Franziska Knuppe, Jette Joop and Christian Elsen, Sabine Christiansen, Dr. Friede Springer, and the German TV host Frauke Ludowig, who presented the award ceremony.

About the Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award

In 1992, Montblanc established the Foundation d’Enterprise Montblanc de la Culture to support and honour modern-day patrons of the arts who devoted their time, energy and money in order to encourage cultural life to flourish.
Each year the Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award recognises and celebrates the work of outstanding private patrons of the arts in 10 countries around the world.

To be chosen, a patron has to demonstrate both, commitment to the arts but also the aim that the wider public should benefit as a result of that support. Previous German Award winners included Liz Mohn (2009), Marius Müller Westernhagen (2008), Ingvild Goetz (2007).