From Avantgarde to sounds for the masses
As early as 1932, the French-Swiss composer Arthur Honegger used the Ondes Martenot, first introduced in 1928, as a dreamlike voice in the animated short film “L’Idée” and especially dramatically in...
View ArticleOpportunity for aspiring music producers
This is how the mentoring programme for aspiring music producers works: Six SUISA members or principals will be accompanied by professionals in the production of one of their songs over the months...
View ArticleRespect Copyright: An interactive introduction to copyright for youngsters
Respect Copyright is a project to introduce school-goers ages 12 to 20 to copyright. It was set up by the five Swiss collective rights management organisations (SUISA, Prolitteris, Swissperform,...
View ArticleCall for applications for the SUISA 2024 Songwriting Camp
The seventh SUISA Songwriting Camp will take place from Monday, 27 May to Wednesday, 29 May 2024. By invitation, professional songwriters and producers from Switzerland and abroad will come to the...
View Article“The Code” was composed at the SUISA Songwriting Camp
Since 2017, SUISA has been organising its songwriting camps in collaboration with Pele Loriano Productions. Compositions created during the camp have regularly featured at the Eurovision Song Contest...
View Article40 pieces of music that will be premiered in 100 years
In the distant future of the year 2123, when SUISA celebrates its 200th birthday, sounds from an equally distant past will be heard. Quite a number of musicians from Switzerland have thought about how...
View ArticleFrom songwriting to music production
In the three months leading up to the festival, six SUISA members and/or clients were able to take part in a mentoring programme where they could actively work alongside and learn from professionals....
View ArticleA revised charter for more Swiss music on SRG channels
If you are going on holiday to France, for example, you will notice the border crossing at the latest when the radio reception switches to a French station: The speakers in your car will play...
View ArticleThe composers behind the best hits
The songs nominated in the “Best Hit” category at the Swiss Music Awards 2024 are “Amigo” (composed by Stefan Buck, Chris Filter, Christoph Schröter, Daniel Gisler, Philipp Morscher and Thomas...
View ArticleMaking of “The Code”
/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/The-Code-Making-of_final_EN.mp4 Taking part in the SUISA Songwriting Camp had been on Nemo’s wish list for some time. It finally came to fruition in early summer 2023. For...
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