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Alma Mahler-Werfel
"I'm full of riddles"
Hardly any other figure in cultural history fascinates and polarises as much as Alma Mahler-Werfel. ...
Mit Paavo Järvi in der Paul Sacher Stiftung
On the trail of Arthur Honegger
In March, we are focussing on him with his 2nd Symphony: the Swiss composer Arthur Honegger. He ...
Cosmos of chamber music: vision string quartet
On the slide with the cello
The vision string quartet wants to create and experiment - but not play a complete Beethoven cycle. ...
Solo piccolo / 2nd flute
My take: Haika Lübcke
The Romanian Gabriel Mălăncioiu has composed a concerto for piccolo and orchestra for a concert ...
Vier Jahrzehnte Schweiz-Erfahrung
"Somehow it clicked"
Austrian conductor Franz Welser-Möst has spent a significant part of his career in Switzerland. ...
Backstage
Two hours with Jannick Scherrer, Social Media Manager
Never without your mobile phone: Jannick Scherrer shoots clips for social media with simple tools - ...
Music about Switzerland
Evening glow and dirty snow
From the Romantic period to the present day, Switzerland has undergone a drastic change in its ...
Swiss musicians in dialogue
"Homesickness came with the years"
Around a quarter of the orchestra members come from Switzerland. Three of them talk about their ...
Musicians about Switzerland
From the tram to the Grittibänz
Musicians from 23 nations play in the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. How do they experience ...
Portrait of Leila Josefowicz
"Suddenly the music was alive"
From child prodigy to advocate of the contemporary: The violinist Leila Josefowicz has achieved a ...
Review tonhalleNIGHT 2026
And then it was time for action!
tonhalleNIGHT 2026 was all about film music. Here we show the best photos. ...
Paul Hindemith
He was a universal musician - and a professor in Zurich
Despite its witty title, Paul Hindemith's viola concerto "Der Schwanendreher" is not a funny work. ...

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