“Intuition and emotional effect are more important to me than inflexible concepts”
FONDATION SUISA awarded Balz Bachmann the Film Music Prize 2017 for his original compositions for Wilfried Meightry’s film documentary “Bis …
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Toni Vescoli: A year full of vitality and anniversaries
Toni Vescoli was born on 18th July, 75 years ago. 55 years ago, on 19th September, the musician from Zurich …
“As a songwriter, you’re some sort of a lone wolf”
Debrah Scarlett already enjoyed international fame before releasing her début EP “DYS(U)TOPIA” in mid-March. Prior to that, the Norwegian-Swiss musician …
Marco Zappa: 50 anni di musica
A story of 50 years’ success: The only sustained career in Switzerland in relation to the “canzone italiana” – in …
“New York forced me to be original”
Basel-based musician Manuel Gagneux has caused quite an international stir with his utterly unusual style mix of his project Zeal …
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Award for songwriters at the Swiss Music Awards
The newcomer Nickless and the renowned producer Thomas Fessler won the first award for songwriters at the Swiss Music Awards …
“If I had made a movie with African music, I would have been freer.”
The Swiss composer Niki Reiser received the CHF 25,000 Film Music Prize of the FONDATION SUISA in the course of …
Mediate between melody, harmony and rhythm
FONDATION SUISA grants Heiri Känzig its Jazz Award 2016. The musician from Zurich is regarded as one of the most …
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Where the music is new
Camilla Sparksss: “A lovely Christmas present”
A former monk’s hermitage serves as the birthplace for new songs by Camilla Sparksss. To this day, the view over …
“Nothing, nothing at all beats a well-written song”
The international success with Bonaparte is the current highlight of the long-term songwriter career of Tobias Jundt. He penned several …
Traditional folk music as a basis for more complex compositions
The composer and accordion player Franz «Fränggi» Gehrig receives the FONDATION SUISA Award 2016. The annual recognition award granted by …
“Your soul is reflected in the Blues”
Yannick Nanette joined SUISA in 2015. The singer, guitarist and harmonica player from Mauritius lives in Lausanne and constitutes the …
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Carrousel: “Sometimes a toy piano helps when you’re looking for a melody”
Chromatic, cheerful and charming - thats the sound of Carrousel’s chansons. Hard to imagine that they are created in the …
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We Love Machines
«Die Songs sind das Wichtigste von allem»
We Love Machines aus Bern gewannen mit ihrem Song «Silver Eyes» bei der ersten Austragung des nationalen Musikförderwettbewerbs Swiss Live …
“The most difficult question is which sound suits the film best”
At the occasion of the Locarno Film Festival in August, Swiss composer Peter Scherer was awarded with the Film Music …
Adieu, great Jörg Schneider!
Without a doubt, Jörg Schneider was part of the most popular actors in Switzerland. He also directed films, lent his …
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Marcel Oetiker: “I often get inspired when I am travelling”
At the Zurich station, Hardbrücke, trains rush past, screech in the bends, and groan when starting up and when braking. …
Beny Rehmann’s Evergreens live on
Beny Rehmann, popular Swiss trumpeter, band leader and composer, died last December aged 78. His evergreens such as the “Schiffsfeger-Polka”, …
«Ich schätze die Unterstützung der SUISA für die Künstler sehr»
Montreux Jazz Festival, Rock Oz’Arènes, Jazz Parade – Amadou Diolo war in den letzten Jahren an namhaften Schweizer Festivals vertreten. …
Josué Vergara
«Die europäischen Komponisten stehen auf einer Ebene mit den weltbesten Filmkomponisten»
Derzeit sind alle Augen der Filmmusiker gegen Hollywood gerichtet. Am 4. November werden in der Filmmetropole die «Hollywood Music in …
In Gedenken an Erwin Ernst Kunz
Musiker, Dirigent, Komponist, Arrangeur, Musiktheoretiker - Erwin Ernst Kunz, oft nur Ernst Kunz genannt, war ein musikalischer Tausendsassa und hat …