Extraordinary number of registrations

The Arosa Culture Association launched the "Arosa Music Course Weeks" 30 years ago to revitalize the summer tourist season. While only 50 people took advantage of the new offer in the first year, the Arosa Music Course Weeks have long since blossomed into probably the largest festival of its kind in Europe. By the end of May, more than 1,200 amateur musicians and students had already registered for the more than 100 one- to two-week courses. This exceeds the previous year's figures by over 10%. As registrations are still coming in, the record number of 1300 participants from 2013 is likely to be significantly exceeded.

Almost 250 teachers are employed for the lessons. In addition, there are at least 300 relatives of course participants, so that a total of well over 1800 guests come to Arosa for the music course weeks. The big advantage of the Arosa Music Course Weeks is that guests come to the high-altitude mountain village whatever the weather.

The program is aimed not only at professional musicians and students, but above all at amateurs. In addition to the various choir and orchestra weeks, Jöri Murk's panpipe seminar (around 100 registrations) and the folk music courses are particularly popular this year. For the alphorn course week alone, 50 people have registered. Registrations are still being accepted for courses that are not yet fully booked.