The players formed a wide semi-circle at Tracouet above the ski resort of Haute Nendaz in southern Switzerland for the country's annual alphorn competition, which celebrates the musical instrument in ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. The hills were alive with the sound of music on Sunday (July 28) as 3,500 people braved the heights of Switzerland's ...

This inherently Swiss summer folk music festival is rooted in tradition. Every July, Alphorn players from across the world descend on Nendaz in Canton Valais to celebrate the hauntingly beautiful ...

If you're looking for an idioyncratic Swiss experience, head to the Valais town of Nendaz to watch some 200 alphorn players battle it out in an international alphorn festival staged in the mountains ...

Alphorn players perform on July 28, 2013 in Nendaz, Switzerland. About 150 alphorn blowers performed together on the last day of the international Alphorn Festival of Nendaz. The Swiss folkloric ...

Swiss composers understandably avoid chocolate box clichés, but a performance at the Lucerne festival demonstrated the elemental power of the alphorn One of the mysteries of being in Lucerne is why it ...

BASEL, Switzerland — City fountains became impromptu rehearsal spaces this weekend as yodelers at a festival in Basel, Switzerland, squeezed in last-minute practice while cooling off during Europe’s ...