Federal drum and whistle festival
The Eidgenössische Tambours- und Pfeiferfest (Fête Fédérale des Tambours et Fifres) is a traditional event of the Swiss Drum and Pfeifer Association .
Competition and supporting program
The best tambours , pipers ( piccolo , Natwärisch ) and Clairon players in Switzerland compete there in the mastery of their instruments and determine the Swiss champions in currently more than 200 sections and groups.
The performed compositions are assessed in several dozen individual and group categories. In the evening, the participating clubs playfully roam the streets of the venue. Top formations from Germany and abroad appear in an accompanying show program for the audience. At the end, the participants present themselves in a large parade. The Federal Festival takes place every four years. In addition to the major federal event, regional drum and whistle festivals take place in Switzerland, for example the central Swiss drum and whistle festival , the Upper Valais drum and whistle festival or the Fête romande des Tambours et Fifres .
In the competition in 2010 around 1000 individual players and almost 4000 section participants competed in over 40 lecture rooms. Tens of thousands of visitors saw the large parade, in which around 3500 musicians in colorful uniforms with over 100 formations took part.
In 2014, around 3,000 drum, piccolo, Natärisch and Clairon players from all over Switzerland competed in their disciplines at the federal level for three days. In addition, a varied supporting program with a move was offered.
history
Tambours and pipers are the origin of Swiss military music . Today, drums and pipes are played as instruments of folk music in many secular customs and church events in Switzerland. The STPV was founded in 1906 as the Swiss military drum association in Aarau . In 1916 it was renamed the Schweizerischer Tambourenverband , in 2006 it was given the name Schweizerischer Tambouren- und Pfeiferverband . Until the beginning of the Second World War, the drum festivals of the STPV were preceded by the term Swiss , and since 1946 federal .
For the 25th anniversary in 2010, Swiss Post issued a special stamp designed by the Bern graphic studio Müller Lütholf with a face value of 1 Swiss franc with the motif of the Federal Drum and Piper Festival, part of a set of four on the subject of customs.
Federal Young Drum and Pfeifer Festival
Participants are generally only 16 and older at the Federal Tambouring and Pfeifer Festivals. Therefore, in 2008 a Federal Young Drum and Piper Festival for musicians up to the age of 19 was launched, which is also held every four years.
Previous venues
- 1st Swiss military drum festival in 1908 in Zurich
- 2nd Swiss military drum festival 1910 in Geneva
- 3rd Swiss Drum Festival 1913 in Burgdorf
- 4th Swiss Drum Festival 1922 in Biel
- 5th Swiss Drum Festival 1925 in Zurich
- 6th Swiss Drum Festival 1930 in La Chaux-de-Fonds
- 7th Swiss Drum Festival 1933 in Lenzburg
- 8th Swiss Drum Festival 1937 in Lucerne
- 9th Swiss Federal Drum Festival 1946 in Winterthur
- 10th Federal Drum Festival 1950 in Bern
- 11th Federal Drum Festival 1954 in Basel
- 12th Federal Drum Festival 1958 in Grenchen
- 13th Federal Drum Festival 1962 in Olten
- 14th Federal Drum Festival 1966 in Emmenbrücke
- 15th Federal Drum and Piper Festival 1970 in Solothurn
- 16. Federal Drum and Piper Festival 1974 in Visp
- 17th Federal Drum and Piper Festival 1978 in Wil SG
- 18th Federal Drum and Piper Festival 1982 in Schwyz
- 19th Federal Drum and Piper Festival 1986 in Burgdorf
- 20th Federal Drum and Piper Festival 1990 in Naters
- 21st Federal Drum and Piper Festival 1994 in Gossau SG
- 22nd Federal Drum and Piper Festival 1998 in Solothurn
- 23rd Federal Drum and Piper Festival 2002 in Sierre
- 24th Federal Drum and Piper Festival 2006 in Basel
- 25th Federal Drum and Piper Festival 2010 in Interlaken
- 26th Federal Drum and Piper Festival 2014 in Frauenfeld
- 27th Federal Drum and Piper Festival 2018 in Bulle
Previous venues for the youngsters
- 1st Federal Young Drum and Pfeifer Festival 2008 in Zofingen
- 2nd Federal Young Drum and Pfeifer Festival (2nd Fête Fédérale des Jeunes Tambours et Fifres) 2012 in Savièse
- 2016: canceled due to lack of organizer
Web links
- Federal drum and piper festivals (STPV website)
- Teletop: Drum and Pfeifer Festival in Frauenfeld 12. – 15. June 2014
- (Ogg Vorbis sound file, 28 s) - 02:06, 1 February 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ Swiss Drum and Piper Association
- ↑ 25th Federal Drum and Piper Festival in Interlaken 2010
- ↑ Official website Frauenfeld 2014 ( Memento of the original from October 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Next federal issue 2018 in Bulle , Swiss Drum and Pipe Association
- ↑ Official website Savièse 2012 ( Memento of January 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
