“Amen”: Another ESC song that comes from the SUISA Songwriting Camp
The Eurovision Song Contest will be held again after its 2020 cancellation. A song which was created in the SUISA …
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Christian Henking
“As a composer, you’re always a beginner”
In his composition for the project “Swiss Beethoven reflections”, Christian Henking uses the melody of the Swiss song used by …
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Archipel Festival – a well-established works smithy
The Archipel Festival is going to give a large audience access to a plethora of new works between 16 and …
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Ghost Festival - The big silence
The Ghost Festival, the biggest concert event ever to be held in Switzerland will take place over the next weekend. …
Swiss Congress on Film and Media Music
From 29 September to 2 October 2020, the film and media music congress “SoundTrack_Zurich” will take place during the Zurich …
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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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Helvetiarockt: SUISA supports the voice of female musicians in Switzerland
Women are still underrepresented in music, on stage and as producers. For this reason, the association Helvetiarockt has been standing …
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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 …
Swiss Music Awards: Songwriters are awarded with the “Best Hit” award
This year, the Swiss Music Awards will honour the Swiss “Best Hit” of the previous year once again. But the …
How do you write a streaming success?
Tips and reflections on modern song structures by successful songwriters as well as other music industry representatives at the SUISA …
10 years of Helvetiarockt: Amplify the voice of women*
For the last 10 years, the association Helvetiarockt has been fighting for a better representation of women* in the music …
Intriguing insights and concerts at the Zeiträume Festival
Would you like to look over composers’ shoulders while they are working? Would you like to ask them what inspires …
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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 …
Creating music in the era of contamination
A discussion on the deceptively simple theme of ‘contamination in music’ provided much food for thought, reaffirming the desire to …
A career as a producer of electronic music?
In cooperation with SUISA and the association “Cultures électroniques”, the Electron Festival, music festival for electronic music in Geneva, is …
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SUISA Songwriting Camp 2019 now open for applications by SUISA members
The third SUISA Songwriting Camp shall take place between 24 and 26 June 2019 in the Powerplay Studios in Maur …
M4music: Hit the World – this is how international female hit composers did it
Have you ever wondered how hits are created? How a song comes into existence which lets the feet across generations …
Festival Archip-elles – Women Power
The Geneva Festival for contemporary music creation has dedicated itself to music originating from the pen of women for its …
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Loco Escrito
“Adiós”: Caribbean-style summer hit with a cembalo
At the “Swiss Music Awards” 2019, together with four co-composers Loco Escrito can hope for the sought-after concrete blocks in …
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“Us Mänsch”: Last minute hit with loads of energy
“Us Mänsch” by Bligg and Marc Sway was one of the most successful Swiss songs last year. This despite the …
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“079”: A tragicomic hit story
Lo & Leduc and their co-composer Maurice “Dr Mo” Könz have made history with “079”: Last year, the song stayed …