Accordion - out of the usual drawers
Is the impression deceptive or is the accordion really on the rise? We take a look around the music schools, hear from a quartet that "serves up" great repertoire works for strings and accordion in a new way; and Sofia Gubaidulina, who brought the Eastern European bayan into new music, is of course not to be missed.


Is the impression deceptive or is the accordion really on the rise? We take a look around the music schools, hear from a quartet that "serves up" great repertoire works for strings and accordion in a new way; and Sofia Gubaidulina, who brought the Eastern European bayan into new music, is of course not to be missed.
Focus
Not only snow waltzes
 The accordion is gaining ground at music schools and universities. 
 The sound of the suffering human being
 Sofia Gubaidulina initiated a renaissance of the accordion in contemporary music. "The way out of the dead end" for Elsbeth Moser.
 L'accordéon au Chili : instrument phare de la cueca
 Un intérêt retrouvé pour le folklore remet l'instrument au goût du jour.
 Sans sourdine, mais avec accordéon
 Un ensemble instrumental hors du commun : nonSordino !
 La fisarmonica come incarnazione del contemporaneo
 Il percorso attraverso i generi di Danilo Boggini
  
and furthermore
RESONANCE
 L'improvisation, une question de responsabilité et d'engagement.
 Interview avec Jonas Kocher
Beat - Speak - Draw
 Swiss composers enriched Berlin's Maerzmusik with physical immediacy.
Swiss Jazz Awards: effective commitment
 Credit Suisse Sponsorship Award and Jazz Prize of Zürcher Kantonalbank
A springboard - also abroad
 m4music has become the most important meeting place for the Swiss music industry.
Carte Blanche with Markus Ganz
Reviews 
 New publications (books, sheet music, CDs)
CAMPUS
 Tools, tricks and theoretical background
 Continuing education in rock and pop at Bern University of the Arts
Times are changing and with them the school subject of music
 An exhibition at the Bern School Museum in Köniz
Talent factory in the Alps
 A new model for promoting young talent at the Interlaken Classics festival
Reviews
 Teaching literature
FINAL
Strict and open Puzzle by Thomas Meyer
