Christina Moser, the other half of the Krisma, died

Farewell to

, singer and composer of the electro-pop duo Krisma.

Moser was 70 years old and had been battling a serious illness for a long time.

She the artist died in Lugano, where she had moved after the death of the other half of the duo, as well as her husband,

, in 2015.

Christina Moser

came from a Swiss family, but she was born and raised in Milan.

She met Maurizio Arcieri when she was very young and he was already a well-known face of 60's pop music.

In 1976 they founded the

, initially Chrisma, from the union of the first letters of the names of the component artists, Christina and Maurizio.

They became famous for their electronic experiments and are still considered today among the

.

The duo presented their first single,

, produced by Niko Papathanassiou, at the Festivalbar in 1976. In 1977 they released the album

and in 1980 they officially changed their name.

In the same year they published

, which represented the moment of the electropop turning point.

Over the years they collaborated with important artists, such as Battiato, the Subsonica, Vangelis and Hans Zimmer.

In total

they will

albums, ranging from new wave to synth pop and more techno electronics.

From the nineties the Krisma also began to frequent television and founded their own channel called Krisma TV.

The last evenings together in public date back to 2006, and they have not performed since.

The duo had ceased musical activity with the death of

, who passed away in 2015 at the age of 72.