With the APPLAUS and German Jazz Prize, the Minister of State for Culture, Claudia Roth, as the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM), honours important protagonists in the German music landscape. Clubs, organisers, artists, projects and extraordinary achievements receive the necessary financial and non-material attention in the form of prize money and public recognition. The annual award ceremonies also serve as a platform for exchange, networking and cooperation between various industry representatives. GUIDE APPLAUS Since 2013, APPLAUS has been awarded to outstanding and trend-setting live music programmes in the field of popular music and jazz. German Jazz Prize The German Jazz Prize aims to highlight and support the diversity and creativity of the German jazz scene. Akademie Poppreis The German pop music scene will have a new award to honor the diversity and quality of the various genres of popular music. CALENDAR April 27, 2023 Award ceremony of the German Jazz Prize at the Metropol Theater Bremen