good evening, dear folks,
a sad announcement to make today: Heiri Dürst passed away last night. He was the guy who
- found the VSM (confederation of Swiss musicians) 10 years ago and has been its CEO since
- signed us in 2002, brought us and our singer together in 2004 (networking at its finest)
- both lauded and criticized us
- pushed us while reminding us to be cautious
- was both enthousiastic and realistic
His discretion about his own health, his energetic, optimistic and frank temper all contributed to the fact that we all are just shocked and sad.
In 2004, after the Tsunami, he launched a compilation for the NGO Swiss Solidarity. Our instrumental song "Rendez-nous" was on it:
http://iacmusic.com/songs.aspx?SongID=42706&ArtistID=17403
literally: give us back...