Number 1_2/2023
"Renewal" is the theme of our first issue, with a new layout by Harriet Messing. We'll be exploring departures to new horizons, as well as the question of the role music can play in times of social upheaval. On the cover: Mario Batkovic, photographed by Holger Jacob.
Focus
"They forced my hand". Interview with Mario Batkovic
The guitar in four centuries of renewal - The modernity of the instrument according to Silvia Cignoli and Elena Casoli
Renewal or rupture? - What possibilities does multimedia offer composers?
Women sing in search of freedom - The revival of Iranian women's voices
The music can be loud or soft, but always insistent! - A plea
(italics = French summary of the original German article)
Reviews
New publications, books, records, scores
Echo
Empowering: Höchstleistungen ohne Überbelastung - Symposium in Luzern
"Shared creation" - A cultural mediation program from the Lire et Ecrire association
Hopkinson Smith - "bringing music to life
Experimentieren als Programm - 2. Ausgabe von Sonic Matter in Zürich
Feines Gespür für das Zusammenspiel - Zum Tod des Schweizer Dirigenten und Komponisten Jost Meier (1939 - 2022)
Chatten über ... Transformationsprojekte
Carte blanche to Nina Rindlisbacher
Basis
Artikel und Nachrichten aus den Musikverbänden
Federal Society of Orchestras (SFO)
Conference of Swiss Music Schools (CHEMS)
Kalaidos Haute Ecole de Musique
Swiss Association of Music Medicine (SMM)
Swiss Society of Musicology (SSM)
Swiss Union of Musician Artists (USDAM)
Swiss Society for Music Pedagogy (SSPM)
Swiss Youth Music Competition (CSJM)
Swiss Association of Music Schools (ASEM)
The riddle by Thomas Meyer
