Simone Felber was a recipient for a “Get Going!” grant from FONDATION SUISA in 2022. Now, two years later, the singer, composer, arranger and ensemble leader has been singled out in the 2024 Swiss Music Prize awards. Congratulations!
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In dialogue with others and one’s own body
The ear as a microphone and an instrument; the brain as a mixing desk and the body as an individually perceptible subwoofer: with her new project “Coiled Continuum”, Céline-Giulia Voser – alias Cégiu – wants to turn music into a physically tangible experience. FONDATION SUISA is supporting her with “Get Going!” funding.
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Global grooves – for greater tolerance
2022 “Get Going!” Portrait Series – Hasan Nakhleh
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DANCING AND SINGING FOR LIFE – WITH AND AGAINST DEATH
2022 “Get Going!” Portrait Series – Simone Felber
Read More«Get Going!» 2021: «We wanted and had to react more flexibly»
Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures: instead of four, this year FONDATION SUISA is awarding a total of eleven «Get Going!» grants amounting to 25,000 Swiss francs each.
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“Techno and ländler music are very closely related to each other”
“Get Going!” 2020: Electronically processed everyday sounds are combined with elements of ländler music to create a new listening experience: this is what the double bass player and composer, Pirmin Huber, wants to develop and realise for his new project. The “Get Going!” grant is supporting him with this project.
Read More“Get Going!” moves into the fourth round
Since 2018, “Get Going!” has been an integral part of FONDATION SUISA’s funding portfolio. Now the start-up funding, which promotes innovative and creative approaches outside the usual categories, is entering the fourth round.
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“Keep Going!” instead of a standstill
With “Keep Going!”, effective immediately FONDATION SUISA is offering an additional temporary funding model.
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The „Get Going!“ contributions for 2020 go to…
The FONDATION SUISA has once again awarded four „Get Going!“ grants of CHF 25,000 each as part of its work contributions.
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The Zwahlen/Bergeron duo want to make the previously unheard audible – and visible
During the current invitation to apply for the 2020 FONDATION SUISA Get Going! grant, we profile last year’s recipients in a four-part series.
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Jessiquoi: having the freedom to reinvent yourself
During the current invitation to apply for the 2020 FONDATION SUISA Get Going! grant, we profile last year’s recipients in a four-part series.
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Michel Barengo: sound collector and tinkerer outside the comfort zone
During the current invitation to apply for the 2020 FONDATION SUISA Get Going! grant, we profile last year’s recipients in a four-part series.
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Anna Gosteli: „I never know where things will take me“
During the current invitation to apply for the 2020 FONDATION SUISA Get Going! grant, we profile last year’s recipients in a four-part series.
Read MoreFor the 3rd time: Get Going!
The continuation of a success story: The application for the Get Going! working grants 2020 is now online.
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Successful second round of Get Going!
Last year, for the first time, we invited tenders for our newly conceived start-up financing called Get Going! Now, for the second time, the jury has decided which four recipients will receive 25,000 Swiss francs each for their creative projects.
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Michael Künstle: „Orchestral spaces“ or if music becomes spatially tangible when you listen to it
In his work, composer Michael Künstle deals with the interplay between tonal dramatisation and dramatic tones.
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Beat Gysin: Travelling with and inside a space
Place, time and space play a pivotal role in the works of composer, Beat Gysin.
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Eclecta: The result of an endless passion for experimentation
The Eclecta duo, made up of Zurich and Winterthur residents Andrina Bollinger and Marena Whitcher, experiments with sounds that defy established definitions and seeks out interdisciplinary exchanges with other art forms. FONDATION SUISA is supporting this project financially with Get…
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Bertrand Denzler: Sound space surveyor and ambient sound explorer
Saxophonist Bertrand Denzler is always working on new opportunities to express himself in the delicate balance that lies between improvisation and composition.
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