Overview
- Deputy mayor for culture Annekatrin Klepsch announced the €10,000 award to Creutziger on March 2.
- The jury praised him as a precise chronicler whose images distill sound, movement and emotion from performances.
- The associated Förderpreise of €5,000 each go to the pop duo Ätna and the world‑music ensemble Banda Comunale.
- Creutziger has documented the Semperoper and Staatsoper since becoming house photographer in 2003, drawing on deep roots in jazz.
- The Deutsche Fotothek acquired his photographic oeuvre in 2023, securing preservation of what SLUB called a major body of music photography.