Swiss Music Charter

The «Swiss Music Charter» is an agreement on working with the Swiss music industry.

With the charter, we commit to including a fair proportion of Swiss-produced music in our radio programmes. Swiss music is defined as recordings or live broadcasts with Swiss composers, performers or producers as well as recordings with significant Swiss participation. We usually exceed the benchmarks set annually by the partners for the presence of Swiss music (see table).

In order to promote Swiss music even in the face of changing media use, we are also transferring our efforts to television and online portals. The streaming platform Play Suisse, for example, features partnerships with the Montreux Jazz Festival and numerous concerts, as well as a dozen documentaries on Swiss music and a hundred recent recordings by Swiss artists and performers of all styles. 

More information about music in our annual report.

Last updated: november 2023

«SRG is a reliable partner for promoting Swiss music – not only as far as radio stations are concerned,
but also in terms of its entire range of programmes.»

Bruno Marty, Director of the Schweizerische Interpretengenossenschaft

Partner of Swiss Music Charter

  • IFPI Schweiz – der Branchenverband der Schweizer Musiklabels
  • Die Interessengemeinschaft Volkskultur IGV
  • Der Verband unabhängiger Schweizer Labels und Produzenten IndieSuisse
  • orchester.ch – die Dachorganisation der Schweizer Berufsorchester
  • Der Schweizer Musikrat SMR
  • Die Schweizerische Interpretengenossenschaft SIG
  • Schweizerischer Musikerverband SMV
  • Der Schweizerische Verlegerverband SVMV
  • Der Schweizer Musikverband SONART 
  • SUISA, Genossenschaft der Urheber und Verleger von Musik
  • SWISSPERFORM, Gesellschaft für Leistungsschutzrechte
  • SRG SSR