Estelle Revaz is the new President of Suisseculture
Cellist and National Councillor Estelle Revaz has been elected as the new President of Suisseculture by the General Assembly. She succeeds Omri Ziegele in the office.
Estelle Revaz was born in Valais in 1989. According to the press release from Suisseculture is a cellist with an international career and completed her training in Paris, Cologne and Lausanne. She performs regularly in many countries in Europe, Asia and America. As an artist, she became politically active during the Covid period, wrote the book "La Saltimbanque" and has been a member of the National Council since 2023, in particular to represent the interests of cultural workers.
Since her election as a member of the National Council, she has succeeded, according to Suisseculture, in pushing through the issue of social security for cultural professionals as one of the priorities of the legislative period. She has also made it possible to amend the revision of the law on the National Library in favor of creative artists and the media, and she has won her first personal motion for a national strategy to combat poverty.
Revaz will take over the presidency as the first president of Suisseculture from French-speaking Switzerland on October 1, 2025. She will be supported in her future activities by an eleven-member board. Suisseculture is the umbrella organization of professional cultural organizations in Switzerland and Swiss copyright societies.
