{"id":69618,"date":"2025-12-12T09:09:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T08:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musikzeitung.ch\/?p=69618"},"modified":"2026-01-26T14:08:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T13:08:20","slug":"offener-brief-abstimmung-zur-halbierungsinitiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musikzeitung.ch\/en\/politik\/2025\/12\/offener-brief-abstimmung-zur-halbierungsinitiative","title":{"rendered":"Open letter regarding the vote on the \u00abHalving Initiative\u00bb in March 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zurich, December 2025<\/em><\/p>\n

Dear musicians, cultural professionals, and users of SRG services
\nDear Ms. Susanne Wille<\/p>\n

In March 2026, we will vote on the halving initiative. We cannot take a stand early enough to defend ourselves against this attack on our public broadcaster. Among other things, the SRG is committed to providing independent information, representing the diversity of cultures in our country, building bridges between science and the public, and publicizing the concerns of minorities. It fulfills its mission in all parts of the country and in all national languages. In fulfilling its mandate, it is indispensable to our country in terms of maintaining democratic conditions and strengthening the sense of community. No commercially oriented private broadcaster driven by particular interests can even begin to fulfill the aforementioned tasks. We are called upon to express our solidarity with the SRG in discussions and at any public appearances in the coming period and to ensure that the aforementioned initiative is rejected.<\/p>\n

This obligation is binding, regardless of the fact that the measures decided upon by SRG management in recent months must be protested in the strongest possible terms. The strategy of right-wing populists, which aims to undermine democratic conditions, includes attacks on independent media and the freedom of science and the arts. The cancellation of programs in the fields of literature and science, for example, and most recently in the field of music \u2013 \u00abMusik unserer Zeit\u00bb (Music of Our Time) \u2013 represents a premature concession to the aforementioned right-wing extremist tendencies and a departure from key points set out in the public service remit.<\/p>\n

The major cultural associations in Switzerland have so far refrained from making any public statements on these cuts \u2013 presumably with the intention of not weakening the campaign against the halving initiative by criticizing the SRG. However, given the current situation and future developments, a firm commitment to continued adequate funding for the SRG and criticism of decisions made at the top are two sides of the same coin. The SRG deserves our support because of its unique selling points. Its current strategy of adapting to market forces means disregarding the mandate that justifies adequate public funding in the first place. Instead of canceling programs such as \u00abWissenschaftsmagazin\u00bb and \u00abMusik unserer Zeit,\u00bb the management's strategy in the referendum campaign should be to resolutely continue the dialogue between science and society and to carefully cultivate profound journalistic work in the cultural sector.<\/p>\n

Market research may consider the listeners of Espace deux's musical and literary features to be a negligible quantity, as it does the die-hard fans of \u00abKlassik-telefon\u00bb or the loyal audience of \u00abEcho der Zeit\u00bb \u2013 to stick with the example of radio programs. With regard to the upcoming vote, it should not be forgotten that this regular audience is prepared to mobilize in support of the SRG.<\/p>\n

The SRG must focus on resistance rather than adaptation, on its uniqueness\u2014if it does not want to dig its own grave. It must urgently remember which core areas of its mandate it needs to protect and who in civil society are its comrades-in-arms, its allies in the fight against the halving initiative.<\/p>\n

The signatories in alphabetical order<\/h3>\n

Heinrich Aerni, Ingrid Alexandre, Dieter Ammann<\/p>\n

Ulrike Andersen, Monika Baer, Nik B\u00e4rtsch<\/p>\n

Werner B\u00e4rtschi, Andr\u00e9 Baltensperger, Philip Bartels<\/p>\n

Felix Baumann, Peter Baur, Andr\u00e9 Bellmont<\/p>\n

Elisabeth Berger, Marino Bernasconi, Ramon Bischoff<\/p>\n

William Blank, Dominik Blum, Bettina Boller<\/p>\n

Hugo Bollschweiler, Th\u00fcring Br\u00e4m, Esther de Bros<\/p>\n

Albin Brun, Catriona B\u00fchler, Christiane Bult<\/p>\n

Peggy Chew, Jessie Cox, Flurin Cuonz<\/p>\n

Reto Cuonz, Therese Cuonz-R\u00e4z, J\u00fcrg D\u00e4hler<\/p>\n

Claudio Danuser, Daniela Dolci, Mariana Doughty<\/p>\n

Alfred Felder, Adrian Frey, Daniel Fueter<\/p>\n

Thomas Gartmann, Bettina Ginsberg, Roger Girod<\/p>\n

Katharina Gohl, Anna-Katharina Graf, Kathrin Graf<\/p>\n

Ivo Haag, Jonas C. Haefeli, Viviane Hasler<\/p>\n

Edu Haubensak, Doris Hauser, Fritz Hauser<\/p>\n

Ruedi H\u00e4usermann, Hanna Helfenstein, Horst Hildebrandt<\/p>\n

Christian Hilz, Jeannine Hirzel, Beat Hofstetter<\/p>\n

Christoph Homberger, Raphael Immoos, Markus Jans<\/p>\n

Mischa Kaeser, Eriko Kagawa, Vera Kappeler<\/p>\n

Christoph Keller, Max E. Keller, Simone Keller<\/p>\n

Burkhard Kinzler, Michael Kleiser, Christian Kobi<\/p>\n

Canan Kocaay, Tamriko Kordzaia, Niklaus Kost<\/p>\n

Herbert Kramis, Hanspeter Kriesi, Anne-May Kr\u00fcger<\/p>\n

Jojo Kunz, Annette Labusch, Mat\u00edas Lanz<\/p>\n

Leslie Leon, Heinrich M\u00e4tzener, Delia Mayer<\/p>\n

Thomas Meyer, Roland Moser, Moritz M\u00fcllenbach<\/p>\n

Marie-Louise M\u00fcller Choquard, Martin Neukom, Lucas Niggli<\/p>\n

Anne-Catherine de Perrot, Stefka Perifanova, Peter Reidemeister<\/p>\n

Felix Renggli, Nicola Roman\u00f2, Petra Ronner<\/p>\n

Michel Roth, Johannes R\u00fchl, Bettina Ruf<\/p>\n

Edward Rushton, Nina Sahdeva, Claudine Saner<\/p>\n

Urs Saner, Evangelos Sarafianos, Tobias Schabenberger<\/p>\n

Sir Andr\u00e1s Schiff, Isabelle Schn\u00f6ller, Oliver Schnyder<\/p>\n

Muriel Schwarz, Meinrad Schweizer, Yuuko Shiokawa<\/p>\n

Peter Siegwart, Rahel Sohn, Peter R. Solomon<\/p>\n

Bruno Spoerri, Eleonor St\u00e4hli, Jacques St\u00e4hli<\/p>\n

Urs St\u00e4uble, Egidius Streiff, Monica Thommy<\/p>\n

Germ\u00e1n Toro P\u00e9rez, Balz Tr\u00fcmpy, Saadet T\u00fcrk\u00f6z<\/p>\n

Nina Ulli, Christoph Ullmann, Petra Vahle<\/p>\n

Katharina Weber, Urs Weibel, Andreas Werner<\/p>\n

Peter Wettstein, Maki Wiederkehr, Helena Winkelman<\/p>\n

Ren\u00e9 Wohlhauser, Maria Wolff, Alfred Zimmerlin, Samuel Z\u00fcnd<\/p>\n

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PDF download of the original letter<\/a><\/h3>\n

_______________________<\/p>\n

PS<\/p>\n

\u00abIf 100,000 people want to listen to James Last and one person wants to listen to Anton Webern, you don't have to broadcast James Last for 100,000 hours and Webern for one hour; instead, you broadcast James Last for one hour and Anton Webern for one hour. Since all 100,000 can listen at the same time, all 100,000 Last fans get their money's worth, and so does the Webern fan. That's democracy.\u00bb<\/p>\n

Urs Frauchiger (1936\u20132023)
\nCellist and author, he was in charge of the music department at the Bern studio of Swiss German Radio from 1970 to 1977; from 1992 to 1997, he headed the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.<\/p>\n

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