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“Mushroom music and glacier crunching: Sounds fantastic? Well, it actually is”
On 16 April 2024, the project “Zukunftsmusik – Utopie sonore – Échos du futur (future sounds)” was presented at the …
#100 years
From the 2023 Annual Report
The anniversary year in retrospect
Last year was another record year for SUISA. Performance rights were the main contributor: two years after the end of …
Future sounds
40 pieces of music that will be premiered in 100 years
To mark the 100th anniversary of the copyright society SUISA, Swiss musicians have come up with 40 concepts and compositions …
Anniversary
100 years of SUISA
Today, Suisse Auteurs unites more than 40,000 composers, lyricists and music publishers who have assigned their copyrights to SUISA for …
Pascal Bachmann
“I form big cluster chords with string instruments”
On 27 August 2023, the Murten Classics Festival presents four commissioned works by a new generation of young Swiss composers …
Théo Rossier
“The piece is meant to come across as a wild dance”
On 27 August 2023, the Murten Classics Festival presents four commissioned works by a new generation of young Swiss composers …
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Freedom to create
The General Meeting of SUISA took place on 23 June 2023 at Aura Club in Zurich, followed by a celebration …
Arseniy Shkaptsov
“For me, composing means making music out of situations in life itself”
On 27 August 2023, the Murten Classics Festival presents four commissioned works by a new generation of young Swiss composers …
Success story
SUISA on its centenary
Composers and musicians know it from their own experience. You write a new song, a new tune, and no sooner …
Joëlle Nager
“The music is already playing in your head”
On 27 August 2023, the Murten Classics Festival presents four commissioned works by a new generation of young Swiss composers …
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From Avantgarde to sounds for the masses
Electronic musical instruments have been used in Switzerland almost as long as SUISA has been in existence. Music creators have …
SUISA Board of Directors
The board meetings of April 2023
On 24 and 25 April 2023, the Board members met in Zurich. Among other things, the annual accounts for the …
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Anniversary publication “Highlights on 100 years of Swiss music”
On the occasion of its anniversary, SUISA intends to present the century of its existence in a book. The medium …
General Meeting
A special General Meeting during the anniversary year
The SUISA General Meeting will be held soon. We are looking forward to seeing many members who are entitled to …
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First stamp with augmented reality and music
With an extraordinary stamp, the Swiss Post honours 100 years of SUISA’s commitment to a fair pay for creators and …
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How Switzerland learned to rock’n’roll
How and when did rock’n’roll reach Switzerland? What traces did the rebellious music from America leave behind? Who was the …
Web series “Louis gets it!”
How a hairdresser discovers SUISA
The SUISA web series with the title “Louis gets it!” has been launched. In the six-part series, hairdresser Louis finds …
Outlook
2023 – a year where everything returns to “normal”?
Events are taking place again, crowds are common once more and masks have mostly fallen – everything’s peachy, right?
M4music 2023
A treasure trove of music and know-how
This yearʼs M4music Festival will take place on Friday and Saturday, March 24/25, 2023, at Schiffbau, Moods and Exil in …
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The “Ländler” originated in the city of Zurich
About a hundred years ago, Zurich became the centre of a new folk music scene. Here, it was mainly Central …