Career
Extensively researched Romanian folk music in the 1960s, which led to his discovery of Gheorghe Zamfir. Presented with "Grand prix audiovisuel de l"Europe" from the "Academie du disque français" in Paris 1984. From 1960 and the next 25 years he hosted a weekly radio show Westschweizer Radio, which he called "From the Black Sea to the Baltic".
A documentary called Balkan Melodie was made in 2012 about his travels in Eastern Europe.