The original folk music

Thousands of old melodies would have been lost, had it not been for the efforts of Hanny Christen, who dedicated her life to saving original Swiss folk music. (Michele Andina, swissinfo.ch, archive 2011)

This content was published on April 16, 2016 - 09:00

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A documentary and animation filmmaker from Bern, Michele studied film at Zurich University of the Arts. He's been a swissinfo.ch video journalist since 2004 and has a special interest in developing new video formats for mobile viewing, mixing animation and documentary styles.

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