"The twelfth season of Musicalta Festival is taking off for three weeks with the mark of excellence for thirteen concerts of charming programming"

Bernard Fruhinholtz - July 21st, 2007

"In the course of the years, and for eleven seasons, Musicalta Festival has been standing out as one of the big classical music festival in Alsace, distinguishing itself by the choice of a programm without taboo: Mozart, Beethoven, Debussy intertwine with some of the most important contemporary composers, but also with composers to rediscover."

Pierre Chevreau - July 21st, 2007

"(...) Musicalta offers an occasion to listen to rather unknown musical works composed by very wellknown composers, but also to listen to passionate works from forgotten composers as well as contemporary pieces; the season's final concert was a perfect summary of this brought forward option."

Bernard Fruhinholtz - August 10th, 2007

"The Concerts are taking place in a vivid rythm at Musicalta Festival. And it is always with the same happiness that we discover artists and composers. Francis Duroy is good at proposing us such brilliant interpreters (...)"

Jean-Marie Schreiber - August 5th, 2007

"Saturday night, the Gueberschwihr Church was sold out to the last seat for a concert proposed by Musicalta Festival."

Jean-Marie Schreiber - August 6th, 2007

"...CLASSICA says yes.... to MUSICALTA. In Alsace this summer, take your time and pay attention to Rouffach and its surrounding areas. From July 21st to August 10th, there will be the festival Musicalta, which will delight your ears."

Classica Répertoire n°84 July - August 2006

"For the territory of proximity, Musicalta's festival constitutes an economic impact and an "advertising" window of quality - evaluated by advertising executives around several tens of thousand euros - due to the reputation and the international influence of the academy."

Bernard Fruinholtz - August 12th, 2006

"Combining happiness and artistic requirement with the rediscovery of a new repertoire, Musicalta's festival has just offered two concerts of an eclecticism and a sparkling rigour to a large audience."

Bernard Fruhinzholtz - August 4th 2006

"Above all, for music lovers, Musicalta is a very beautiful succession of concerts. For professional musicians and students from Music Schools it is also, and maybe above all, one of the most renowed musical academies in Europe."

Bernard Fruhinzholtz - August 13th, 2006

"In the heart of the Alsatian vineyards, Musicalta, for now more than ten years, has not appeared to be an ordinary festival. Musicalta succeeds in being rare, each year a little more, due to an elaborated programming thanks to the artistic director Francis Duroy, who bets with happiness on the interior intensity of the musical event."

The chronicle of Bernard Andrès - L'Ami du peuple - August 13th, 2006

"Music, cement for the European culture and construction. Musicalta went with determination and success to the end of its mission 2006, which was and which will remain made of interchange, exchange and joy."

The chronicle of Bernard Andrès - L'Ami du peuple - August 20th, 2006

"...Because Musicalta is a festivity which has to remain friendly: in Rouffach, classical music is played for everyone, and is not reserved to an elite..."

Florence Lab interview - July 2005

"A room with a... romantic view. Why does Musicalta attract each and every year thousands and thousands of spectators? Is it because it declines with eloquence the chamber music under all its aspects? Or is it because all concerts take place in the churches of Rouffach Country, allowing each spectator to discover the Rhenish Romantic style miracles? Or maybe because it welcomes more than 60 famous musicians and 350 students? Because the programming is rare? Because concerts are doubled by an international summer academy? Without a doubt, it is all at the same time."

June - August 2005

"With a demanding innovative programming, involving Mozart, Brahms, the composers of the beginning of the 20th century and the contemporary creation, Francis Duroy, artistic director of Musicalta has won his bet, the public is particularly numerous, churches are full."

Bernard Fruhinholtz - August 8th, 2005

"To express the pleasure which a listener can feel after a concert, words are difficult to find: Saturday, the very long standing ovation will stay durably in many memories..."

Bernard Fruhinholtz - August 8th, 2004

"The originality of Musicalta is its anchoring in an international summer academy. Coming from France, Europe, Emirates, Asia, Canada or from Norway, more than two hundred and fifty students take advantage of an unusual meeting with great musicians"

June 20th, 2003

"It is going indeed further to take decision of programming such difficult and beautiful pages of contemporary composers in such good quality conditions which are the equal to those of a festival with such means as Musicalta... Going further, it is also cultivating the taste of curiosity in programming some wellknown repertoire chefs d'oeuvre next to rare pieces to discover..."

Christian Fruchart - August 9th, 2002

"The surprising Musicalta takes more and more height. We understand that four thousand festival-goers are expected this year, without even having to praise to them the Renish Romantic style or the pure air balloon of Vosges mountains. Here, music is self-sufficient and is handled with respectful nearness and intelligence."

Festivals selection - July - August 2002

"It can be difficult to believe that an important music festival has taken its place so far from cities. All that you have to do is to sneak in year by year, among Musicalta's regular public to convince yourself of the obvious success of the bet of the organizers. Madness around the programs companions' rustles of benches, everything breathes and lives at the rythm of a festival which is also a place of formation (...) the area there is looking like a small campus. This close link between academy and festival gives to the concert a particular tonality: here intimacy is obvious and, in this almost family atmosphere, everyone can be invaded by the interpreters' playing"

Hors Série - June-August 2001

"...It's a crazy bet thrown by some passionate people which win up there on the Vosges mountains. In this enchanting place, Musicalta's festival has taken its marks around a musical academy... And while the whole world celebrate Bach, Musicalta, which seems having chosen the productives margins, honours Charles Koechlin..."

Corinne Ibram - July 2000

"Plethora of festivals in Alsace, during the summer. Musicalta's festival calls attention by the place, the originality and the courage of its programming..."

Olivier Erouart - July 2000

"...Musicalta's reason of being resides in the union of many rare qualities, where curiosity rests on a view's coherence, voluntarism of the programs and the interpreters' commitment. Musicalta's most remarkable originality is its anchoring, during 15 days, in a summer academy which enable 140 students of all ages to benefit from the teaching given by twenty famous soloists."

Christian Fruchart - July 25th, 2000