Hector Herzig Has Died After a Serious Illness
According to his family, Hector Herzig, one of the founders of the music initiative and a cultural policy maker, has passed away at the age of 72 following a brief but serious illness.
Hector Herzig had studied trumpet and served as president of the Swiss Association of Music Schools until 2012. As an entrepreneur, he offered consulting services to music schools through his company, Herzka, among other things. He had been a member of the Langenbruck municipal council since 2004 and became its chair in 2008. From 2011 to 2019, he led the Basel-Landschaft chapter of the Green Liberal Party (GLP).
Hector Herzog played a key role in launching the successful national music initiative, through which the Swiss people, with an overwhelming 72.7 percent «yes» vote on September 23, 2012, adopted the new Article 67a of the Constitution, “Music Education,” into the Federal Constitution.
