STV management reaches out to Basel government council
The management of the Schweizerischer Tonkünstlerverein (STV) is appealing to the cantonal government of Basel-Stadt regarding the impending expulsion of graduates of Swiss music academies from non-EU/EFTA countries.
The STV writes in an official letter that the tightening of the AWA's administrative practices would not only be a bitter setback for the freelance musicians living in Basel, but would also be tantamount to a cultural impoverishment of Switzerland.
In the letter, the management of the Swiss Association of Musicians pleads "in particular for an industry-appropriate application of the so-called Foreign Nationals Act to highly qualified Swiss music academy graduates from non-EU/EFTA countries". It would be simply unacceptable if musicians had to leave Switzerland based on an undifferentiated view of "overall economic interest" that is far removed from the industry.
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