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Nude Bruni fails to arouse Swiss charity

This content was published on Mar 31, 2008 The Swiss news agency said Beat Richner took his decision concerning the photograph of the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, “out of respect for the French and Cambodian governments”. Richner, head of the Kantha Bopha Foundation which runs children’s hospitals in Cambodia, said he received the offer on Friday. Richner said he would normally…

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New Swiss Talents – Emilie Haudenschild (NST 7/1981)

This content was published on Mar 31, 2008 Further studies led her to the Juillard School of Music in New York. Upon her return to Switzerland, she gained two major awards at the 1979 Tibor Varga International Festival in Sion, and won the 1980 Soloist’s Competition of the Swiss Musicians’ Association. Since Emilie Haudenschild has made successful concert appearances throughout Switzerland, West Germany,…

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New Swiss Talents – Swiss Jazz Quintet (NST 6/1981)

This content was published on Mar 31, 2008 The Swiss Jazz Quintet consists of the following five instrumentalists: Heiner Althaus (tenor and soprano sax)Born in Basel. In 1977 he received the Swiss Jazz School diploma and was Solist’s Prize winner at the Swiss National Jazz and Rock Festival in Augst. Besides recording experiences he has also appeared on TV and radio broadcasts. In…

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New Swiss Talents – Johannes Kobelt Quartet (NST 5/1980)

This content was published on Mar 31, 2008 Johannes Kobelt has performed as a solo cellist with leading Swiss and German orchestras and chamber groups. Besides that, he won as a jazz clarinettist, in two consecutive years, the first prize for soloists at the Swiss National Jazz Festival of Zurich. He also performs on such varied instruments as the “Schwyzerörgeli” (Swiss diatonic accordion),…

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New Swiss Talents – CM5 and Fusion (jazz and rock groups) (NST 4/1980)

This content was published on Mar 31, 2008 CM5 followed its Augst success with an appearance the same year at the Montreux International Jazz Festival, and has since also performed in the Netherlands and France. Fusion made its debut in 1979, appearing at the Augst and Montreux Festivals the same year, and has since performed extensively throughout Switzerland and West Germany. This programme…

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New Swiss Talents – Jürg Lüthy (NST 3/1980)

This content was published on Mar 31, 2008 Lüthy was born in Aarau in northern Switzerland in June 1949. He studied at the Basel Conservatory, where he was awarded a soloist’s diploma in 1978, and at the Music Academy of Hanover in West Germany. He was winner of the 1979 Soloists’ Competition of the Swiss Musicians’ Association. Musical content 1. Robert Suter: Sonata…

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New Swiss Talents – Max Lässer (NST 2/1980)

This content was published on Mar 31, 2008 Max Lässer was born in Zurich on 27 September 1950. After leaving school, he trained for a business career, but at age 22 decided to become a professional musician. This career he began as a performer in the streets of Zurich. He made his first concert performances in 1974 with various folk and rock formations…

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New Swiss Talents – Roland Perrenoud (NST 1/1979)

This content was published on Mar 31, 2008 He was engaged as oboe soloist with the Groningen Philharmonic Orchestra of the Netherlands in 1974, and with the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Netherlands Radio and Television from 1975-78. Perrenoud was finalist at the Munich International Competition for Music Performers in 1976, and winner of the 1978 Soloist’s Competition of the Swiss Musicians’ Association. Musical…

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Suspicious activity reports reach record

This content was published on Mar 31, 2008 The office said on Monday that after a three-year slump, the Money Laundering Reporting Office received a total of 795 suspicious activity reports last year, a 28.4 per cent increase compared with 2006. Fedpol said the rise was mainly the result of a 37 per cent increase in reports received from the banking sector, particularly…

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The Swiss Jazz Scene – Big Bands (MH 60/1977)

This content was published on Mar 31, 2008 Even so though their formation and maintenance in such a small country is always highly problematic. But their impact and achievements have fully justified the efforts made. Musical content 1. Teddy Stauffer And His Original Teddies: Jitterbug’s Idea(B. Bertinat)2. Roby Seidel Bigband: Black, Brown And Beautiful(O. Nelson)Peter Candiotto, alto sax3. Bigband of the Swiss-German Radio:…

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