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Vintners raise a glass to excellent harvest

This content was published on Dec 22, 2011 Winemakers produced more than 1.1 million hectolitres from the 2011 harvest, which was 4.3 per cent above the average amount of the past five years. The Agriculture Office said the exceptionally warm spring and sunny and dry late summer and autumn were key factors contributing to the quality of the crop. The unseasonably warm April…

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Swiss Ethnophony – Folk meets Classic

This content was published on Dec 22, 2011 The young and highly motivated Swiss Chamber Philharmonic along with its enthusiastic counductor Patrice Ulrich and open minded folk soloists deliver a convincing result. Paul Huber (1918-2001) – Concerto for Hammered Dulcimer and String Orchestra Huber was born 1918 in Kirchberg, eastern Switzerland, to a farming family. He studied music at the Zurich Conservatory. He…

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Swiss water experts fly out to Philippines

This content was published on Dec 22, 2011 The foreign ministry said the six included four water experts and two logistics experts whose mission would be to ensure access to clean drinking water and to prevent the outbreak of infectious diseases in areas hit by the storm. The experts from the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit began travelling to the disaster area of Cagayan…

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Resort “doctor” urges Jungfrau to dream big

This content was published on Dec 22, 2011 Just as the winter season was getting started, bigwigs from Switzerland’s Jungfrau ski region gathered in a cosy alpine restaurant to dream about the future. Walking them through the various possibilities was Paul Mathews, the Canadian ski resort “doctor” behind the makeovers of many major destinations such as Zermatt and Whistler. And like many doctors,…

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From farm to Congress

This content was published on Dec 22, 2011 From farm to Congress

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Federer and Hingis end Olympic speculation

This content was published on Dec 22, 2011 He said the two had spoken together and decided against the idea. Speculation had been rife since the summer that the two Swiss tennis champions might team up for the Olympic mixed doubles, despite the fact that Hingis retired in 2007 after a positive drugs test. Federer mentioned the idea to journalists in August, before…

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Molto Furioso

This content was published on Dec 21, 2011 Dmitrij Kitajenko Born in St. Petersburg in 1940, Dmitrij Kitajenko studied at the Glinka School of Music and the conervatories of St. Peterburg and Moscow. Kitajenko first earned international acclaim as a prizewinner at the first Herbert von Karajan Competition in Berlin. During 14 years he was the principal conductor of the Moscow Philharmonic (1976-1990).…

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YEAR END 2011 – ORIGINAL

This content was published on Dec 21, 2011

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Symphonically Swiss

This content was published on Dec 21, 2011 Dmitrij Kitajenko Born in St. Petersburg in 1940, Dmitrij Kitajenko studied at the Glinka School of Music and the conervatories of St. Peterburg and Moscow. Kitajenko first earned international acclaim as a prizewinner at the first Herbert von Karajan Competition in Berlin. During 14 years he was the principal conductor of the Moscow Philharmonic (1976-1990).…

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