On Sunday, 17 October 2021, the 19th Annual of the International TREBBIA Awards Ceremony for the Support of Culture and Art will take place. This year, for the first time in the history of Trebbia an Israeli citizen David Hercky will receive the Trebbia Award for support of culture and art. This year’s Annual is organized under the auspices of the Ministers of Culture of the Czech and Slovak Republic.
On Sunday, 17 October 2021, from 8pm CET a live stream in simultaneous English translation broadcasted by the Czech Television will be available to watch worldwide on the YouTube channel Trebbia Foundation.
David Hercky
Businessman, diplomat, philanthropist, and art collector
He is the founder and chairman of the Israeli-Czech Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Honorary Consul of the Czech Republic in Israel. He supports cultural activities of both countries, including Prague Days in Jerusalem, an exhibition on the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the installation of the Václav Havel Bench at Tel Aviv University, and the construction of the Esther Tower in Jerusalem by architect Martin Rajniš. He supported a number of artistic activities of Czech and Israeli students. He is a member of the Honorary Committee of the Arnošt Lustig Prize, an important partner of the Czech Centre in Tel Aviv and the Czech House in Jerusalem, which was opened in 2018 by Czech President Miloš Zeman together with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
TREBBIA FOUNDATION
Trebbia is an international award born in the Prague Church of St. Roch as a natural historical intersection of nearly a thousand years of spiritual development at this site and positive relationships between patrons and creators of cultural values.
The French Saint named Roch lived at the turn of the 13th and 14th century. He helped in every place of a raging plague epidemic. His help seemed like a miracle. In the end, he himself fell ill with the plague and withdrew to a cave on the bank of the Italian river Trebbia. According to the legend, an angel appeared and gave him encouragement. The Saint was found by a dog of a nobleman Gothard from Sarmat, the dog brought him a loaf of bread every day. It cured him and he could return to help the suffering people. He died in 1327. Parts of his relics are deposited in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague. As an act of thanksgiving for the fact that the plague epidemic evaded Prague, in 1599 Emperor Rudolf II and the Strahov Abbot Jan Lohel initiated the building of a church on the Strahov Monastery grounds, which was dedicated to St. Roch.
Since 1994, this unique space has accommodated the international MIRO Gallery. In 2000, the Gallery has established the European award as an expression of thanks to entrepreneurs, patrons, and artists, and named it after the river Trebbia. This award is nowadays presented by the TREBBIA Foundation.
Trebbia Foundation mission is: support for activities of companies and individuals in the field of culture and arts on both, national and international levelssupport for exhibition art projectsindependent assistance to humanitarian activities and support for humanitarian activities performed by other subjectssupport for non-profit organizations in the field of humanitarian activities and cultureawarding grants for creative activities on the basis of decisions made by Trebbia Foundation Boardassistance to persons in retirement age who had been engaged in the field of culture and arts irrespective of their nationality and country of residence
