Association of Swiss Folk Music
The Association of Swiss Folk Music (VSV) is an association according to ZGB Art. 60 ff. The seat of the VSV is the place of residence of the central president. Ursula Haller has presided over the VSV since 2018 . The association is divided into 22 cantonal associations. and is an association (umbrella organization) of active folk musicians and friends of folk music on the whole of Switzerland. It represents the interests and the location of Swiss folk music by promoting, preserving and maintaining it.
Mission and goals
The Association of Swiss Folk Music (VSV) is actively committed to promoting and maintaining Swiss folk music. It is divided into cantonal associations to which both musicians and folk music fans belong.
Promotion of young talent
The VSV actively promotes young talent. The VSV organizes an annual Swiss competition for yodelling, alphorn and folk music together with the Eidgenössische Yodlerverband EJV and Radio SRF and every four years a Federal Young Musicians' Meeting EJMT. He also supports various courses for young musicians.
further education
The SAAM organizes and supports further training courses for various instruments.
Events
The VSV and its cantonal associations organize concerts, parlors, folk music meetings and the Swiss Federal Folk Music Festival EVMF every four years .
He publishes the association journal Schweizer Volksmusik .
history
The association was founded on September 24, 1963 in the Hotel Schlüssel in Sachseln . It emerged from the dance and entertainment music association TUMV Zurich-Central Switzerland , which was founded in 1958 and to which many well-known folk musicians belonged at the time. The regional and cantonal associations were founded in 1976.
When it was founded, folk music was a stepchild of national radio and television, with poor airtime. With the newly founded association, the aim was to create an institution for the whole of Switzerland that would be able to determine the interests of Swiss folk music, especially in relation to radio and television. With a broad collection of signatures one could get popular folk music broadcasts.