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Very Rickenbacher
“I have definitely never composed music for monetary reasons”
The “Golden Violin Clef” award goes to Very Rickenbacher this year. This is due to the fact that the musician …
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Simone Felber
Dancing and singing for life – with and against death
Simone Felber, a singer, is working on numerous projects to make Swiss folk music suitable for the modern era. And …
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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 …
Pirmin Huber
“Techno and ländler music are very closely related to each other”
Electronically processed everyday sounds are combined with elements of ländler music to create a new listening experience: this is what …
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Label Suisse and SUISA make Swiss music possible
The ninth edition of the Label Suisse Festival will take place in Lausanne from 18 to 20 September 2020. Programming …
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SUISA General Meeting: Emergency fund for authors and publishers approved
SUISAʼs General Meeting approved the emergency fund for composers, lyricists and publishers of music in the amount of CHF 1.5 …
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“Ab is Wälschland – off to the Valais” to the Swiss Folk Music Festival
In May, five young folk music performers under the direction of Dani Häusler in Crans-Montana in order to compose a …
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A bird’s eye view of SUISA’s 2018 General Assembly
On 22 June 2018, 208 voting members streamed into the Bierhübeli in Bern. They were there to participate in shaping …
“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 …
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 …
«Der Kleine Prix Walo ist ein schönes Erfolgserlebnis für die Seerugge Feger»
Die Seerugge Feger aus dem Kanton Thurgau haben den Kleinen Prix Walo 2015 in der Kategorie Volksmusik gewonnen. Der Songschreiber …
Eidg. Volksmusikfest 2015: Ein Festakt, ein Bundesrat und eine Hymne
Rund 100‘000 Besucher, über 1‘500 Musiker, ein Bundesrat und viel (Polit-)Prominenz – nach drei Tagen im Zeichen der Volksmusik geht …
Der Adler ist los: Die SUISA am Eidgenössischen Volksmusikfest in Aarau
Seit Donnerstag steht Aarau ganz im Zeichen von Ländler, Blaskapellen und Co. In der Aargauer Kantonshauptstadt findet dieses Jahr das …
Wie die Hymne für das Eidgenössische Volksmusikfest 2015 in Aarau entstand
Das Eidgenössische Volksmusikfest 2015 in Aarau hat eine eigene Hymne bekommen: den Schottisch «Z’Aarau esch de Adler los». Der Kompositionsauftrag …
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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”, …
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 …