Updated on June 29th 2022


LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MUSIC CAMP
About us
- Objective
- Program
- Requirements
- Camp Life
- Course schedule
- Camp Rules
- History
- Donation account

Objective of the music course
- Private lessons for all Instruments
- Intensive development of Solo, Chamber Music and Orchestral playing
- Acquiring of Concert experience
- Preparation of Concerts
- Make and maintain friendships across cultural and national borders

Program
- Daily private lessons for all instruments
- Orchestra rehearsals
- House concerts for all participants
- Masterclass
- Preparation for concerts
- Group music Theory for pianists
- For all instruments: lessons with correpetitor
- Second instrument according to possibility and need
- new: Yoga

Requirements
- Children, Young Adults as well as Older, Music enthusiasts
- For Beginners, Advanced and Professionals
- Love for the Music

Camp Life
- Accommodation will be at Hotel Seaside
- Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner at Hotel Seaside
- Individual or communal practice time
- Outdoor Activities including Sports, Hiking and day Trips
- Fresh alpine air and wonderful views over the Alps
1. Woche
- Audition for Academy, and Festival Orchestra
- Private Lessons
- Chamber Music
- Orchestra Rehearsals
- Concert Preparation
2. Woche
- Masterclasses
- Private Lessons
- Chamber Music
- Orchestra Rehearsals
- Concert Preparation
- Concerts
3. Woche
- Private Lessons
- Chamber Music
- Orchestra rehearsals
- Concerts
Camp Rules
In order to offer all participants an optimal learning and camp experience, the Goppisberg Music Festival and Academy have adopted the following “Camp Rules”.
The following:
1. Punctual participation at Music Lessons as well as at the Rehearsals and Concerts
2. Keep the Hotel House Rules
3. 17 year olds and younger must be in the Hotel at 10.00pm, older participants at 12.00pm
4. No Alcohol for Minors
5. The Artistic Director decides where and when the students will be performing at the public concerts

History
In the following years the camp took place in the following locations:
1990 – 1993 Rhone Gletscher, Hotel Belvedere
1994 – 1996 Simplon – Kulm, Hotel Bellevue
1997 – 2006 Grächen, Hotel Sonne und Hotel Abendruh
2007 fand kein Lager statt
2008 Grächen, Hotel Sonne, Hotel Abendruh und Gruppenhaus Ausblick
2009 – 2012 Grächen, Hotel Sonne, Hotel Abendruh und Gruppenhaus Santa Fee
2013 Grächen, Hotel Sonne und Hotel Abendruh und Gruppenhaus Ausblick
2014 – 2015 Grächen, Hotel Sonne und Hotel Abendruh und Hotel Des Alpes
2016 Grächen, Hotel Alpina, Hotel Sonne und Pension Abendruh
2017 – 2019 Spiez Hotel Seaside
2020 infolge Corona Virus abgesagt
2021 – Spiez Hotel Seaside

Concerts in 2022
July 31st
Schlosskirche
8pm – Schlossstrasse 17, 3700 Spiez
August 4th
ref. Kirche
8pm – Dorfstrasse 18, 3715 Adelboden
August 5th
Stadtkirche
7.30pm – Schlossberg 14, 3600 Thun
August 9th
Schlosskirche
8pm – Lindenallee 10, 3800 Interlaken
August 10th
ref. Kirche
7.30pm – Kirchgasse 5, 3700 Spiez
August 13th
kath. Kirche Wülflingen
7.30pm – Wülflingerstrasse 181, 8408 Winterthur
August 14th
Predigerkirche
5pm – Zähringerplatz 6, 8001 Zürich
House concerts and Workshops
July 30th 1. House concert 2 pm
August 7th 2. House concert 2 pm
August 8th Alexander-Technique and Performance Practice 2 pm
August 12th 3. House concert 2 pm

Thank you to all our sponsors, because without you we could not carry out the festival in this form.
Sponsors
Sponsors since 1990
Musikhaus Jecklin, Zürich
Göhner-Stiftung
Dr. Branco Weiss
Alfred-Ilse Stammer-Mayer Stiftung, Zollikon
Rentsch-Stiftung Olten
Max und Erika Gideon Stiftung
Robert Heuberger Stiftung
Kitty Weinberger, Rieden
A.+ A. Dr. Schumacher Erlinsbach SO
Raiffeisenbank Grächen, St. Niklaus
Tourismus-Büro, Grächen
Spirig Pharma AG Egerkingen
Dr. med. A. Burckhardt Lostorf
Frau Dr. med. M. Bauer Olten
Dr. med. M. Frei Rombach AG
Dr. med. B. Hammer Erlinsbach AG
Herr + Frau Dr. Chr.+M. Pflugshaupt Hägendorf
Herr + Frau A.+M. Wermelinger Erlinsbach SO
Herr + Frau H.+M. Kohlmann Wangen b. Olten
Spirig Pharma AG Egerkingen
RHL Foundation
Alexander Korach Zürich
Yvonne Kupper, Egg
S. Eustachius-Stiftung, Winterthur
Stab Stiftung, Zürich
Alexander Korach, Zürich
Alice Rosner Stiftung
acrossmedia GmbH, Hittnau
Dr. Branco Weiss
Elisabeth Brack
Erika Gideon, Zürich
Manuela Thurre
Rahn Kulturfonds, Zürich
Richard Irniger, Zürich
Adolf und Mary Mil-Stiftung, Zürich
Elisabeth und Max Held-Baumgartner Stiftung
Georges und Jenny Bloch – Stiftung, Rüschlikon
Marlies + Hanspeter Wüthrich-Mäder Stiftung
Stiftung Dr. Valentin Malamoud
Kurt und Silvia Huser-Oesch Stiftung
Jubiläumsstiftung der Von Roll Holding AG
Sponsors 2021 / 2022
Kurt und Silvia Huser-Oesch Stiftung
Acrossmedia GmbH, Hittnau
AEK BANK 1826, Thun
Alfred-Ilse Stammer-Mayer Stiftung, Zollikon
Alice Rosner Stiftung
Blagomanz AG, Zug
Coop Region Bern
Doris und Alex Schaub, Serneus
Dr. Fritz Berthold, Pforzheim
Fondation Iris Schermann c/o Sostenuto Stiftung
Gemeinde Spiez
Gemeinde Adelboden
Gemeinde Interlaken
Georg und Johannes Barandun-Stiftung
Heidi Zeh, Siebnen
Jubiläumsstiftung der Von Roll Holding AG
Johann + Elisabeth Kubny-Stiftung
Kedves-Stiftung, Tägerwilen
Mathias Simmen, Klavierbauer, Klavierstimmer, Thun
Musik Hug Zürich
René und Susanne Braginsky Stiftung, Zürich
SMKK-Stiftung, St. Gallen
Swisslos Kultur Kanton Bern
Tourismus Thun
Tourismus Spiez
VIVAT Thunersee, Thun
Verband Schweiz. Jüdischer Fürsorgen
Diverse anonyme Sponsoren
Patrons / donations:
Dr. Schumacher, Erlinsbach SO
Emma Martin
Daniel Weiss
David Dreyfuss
Guido Scheidegger
Juliane Rohner
Manuela Muri
Margrit Hörrmann
Margrit Frieda Romer Hagmann
Stephan und Gabriela Bienz, Winterthur
Restaurant Weisses Kreuz, Zürich
Ruth Elfriede Seiler, Zürich
Taverne zum Hirschen, Winterthur Wülflingen
Speziellen Dank an die Gemeinden Spiez, Adelboden, Interlaken und Tourismus Spiez und Thun, und dem Hotel Seaside in Spiez