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“This situation will put everyone – musicians, technicians, insiders – to the test”
With the “Music for tomorrow” project, SUISA aims to support its members in these difficult times. We offer artists a …
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"Répondez-Moi": Third Swiss ESC song from the SUISA Songwriting Camp
With "Répondez-Moi", Switzerland is sending a French-language entry to the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time since 2010. The …
Where there is no love, everything is in vain
Zurich composer and music journalist Rolf Urs Ringger passed away on 26 June 2019 aged 84.
A tribute to Claudio Taddei
On 9 August this year, singer-songwriter and painter Claudio Taddei passed away at the age of 52.
KT Gorique, conquering the East side
SUISA member KT Gorique had been invited to the panel organised by SUISA, “Hit the World” at the M4music Festival …
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Switzerland will be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest by Luca Hänni and a song from the SUISA Songwriting Camp
For the second time in succession, the Swiss entry for the Eurovision Song Contest has come from the SUISA Songwriting …
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Eurovision Song Contest: SUISA Songwriting Camp song in the German qualifier
Success for the SUISA Songwriting Camp: The song “Sister” created during last year’s camp is in today’s German ESC qualifier. …
Michel Legrand, a life for music
Michel Legrand died on January 26th 2019. He was 86. The composer leaves behind a prestigious career spanning 60 years …
SUISA membership in numbers
More than 38,000 authors and publishers have instructed SUISA with the management of their rights. Where are they from, how …
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Marc Sway
“You write more songs than fit on an album”
When we visited him in his studio in January 2018, the long-term SUISA member Marc Sway allowed us a peek …
Charles Aznavour’s songs are part of our collective identity
Charles Aznavour joined SUISA in 1976 and was one of our best-known members. The countless tributes on TV, radio and …
“A Cello talks like a human”
Apart from his activities as a paediatrician, Dr. Beat Richner has been a musician all of his life. From 1972 …
“I composed all of my pieces based on gut instinct”
Martin Nauer is one of the three nominees for the Prix Walo 2018 in the category folk music. The accordion …
“Each of us comes up with a piece of music or a melody once in a while”
One of the three nominees for the Prix Walo 2018 in the folk music category is the formation Ils Fränzlis …
“A lot of what we have in our folk music comes from classical music”
Dani Häusler is one of three nominees for the Prix Walo 2018 in the category folk music. Häusler started playing …
Schedler Music Summit 2018 with Romina Kalsi
The sixth recurrence of the Schedler Music Summit, an annual international songwriting camp which is organised by music publishing house …
The shadow man of dialect rock
He composed many of the hits which made Polo Hofer, in particular, famous. Hanery Amman has passed away at the …
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“The inspiration for my songs often comes from a single word”
As a composer and lyricist, Alejandro Reyes from Lausanne has two songs in the Swiss final for the Eurovision Song …
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“You have three minutes to impress the whole of Europe”
Ticino-based musician Chiara Dubey has a good chance of representing Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon on 12 …
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“We wanted to write a song that suits us”
Siblings Co and Stee Gfeller, better known as ZiBBZ, are battling it out for entry to the Eurovision Song Contest …
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“You always want to write the best song you can”
Songwriter Kate Northrop is primarily a lyricist, a creative role that doesn’t often land her in the spotlight. Together with …