SUISA en scène
A platform for young composers
Swiss composers deserve more attention than they generally receive today. SUISA and the Murten Classics Summer Festival are jointly launching …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
Archipel Festival
A Twelve-Hour Musical Journey Through Switzerland
On 2 April 2023, with the programme “sCHhhh – Traversée expérimentale en Helvétie”, the Archipel festival will showcase the quality …
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Alfred Schweizer
“You know the song somehow but it presents itself in a completely different guise”
Alfred Schweizer reports on working on his composition for the project “Swiss Beethoven reflections”. He analysed characteristic elements within Beethoven’s …
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Fortunat Frölich
“The spark is actually the interesting part of the big explosion”
Fortunat Frölich has utilised contrasts for his work on the project “Swiss Beethoven reflections”. He also refers to the content …
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Xavier Dayer
“A melody like a memory from far away”
For the project “Swiss Beethoven reflections”, Xavier Dayer not only let himself be inspired by the melody of the Swiss …
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Aglaia Graf
“The precision applicable to notation requires almost more time than composing itself”
For the composition project “Swiss Beethoven reflections”, Aglaia Graf developed a concept with several movements. These are based on two, …
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Marina Sobyanina
“Beethoven’s music is very groovy. I think that if he was alive today, he’d probably be a modern jazz rock freak.”
In her composition for the project “Swiss Beethoven reflections”, Marina Sobyanina refers to many aspects of the great composer. She …
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Katharina Weber
“The clarinet should act as an individual, struggling and seeking the way”
Katharina Weber is basing her composition work for the project “Swiss Beethoven reflections” not only on Beethoven’s variations on a …
“Us composers, we are like surgeons for peopleʼs souls”
Romanian composer Sebastian Androne-Nakanishi attracted international attention at a young age. He moved to Switzerland in 2019 and recently joined …
SUISA Talks at the Zeiträume Festival Basel 2021
Enjoy ten days of contemporary music and experience how the works, often composed especially for the festival, play with their …
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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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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 …
Finding her own universe
Cécile Marti is one of the most outstanding protagonists of contemporary music in Switzerland. In her work, the composer and …
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.
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 …