Upon the invitation of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, the Swiss Military Small Band, consisting of 14 finest young military musicians, will be touring Seoul, Beijing, Manila and Singapore from July to August. Besides performing at the Swiss Embassy for the National Day Celebration on August 1, the ensemble will also have a public performance at the Swiss Taste restaurant on the evening of July 30, and share the stage with the military band of China’s People’s Liberation Army during their stopover in Beijing. 

The repertoire of the band includes not only traditional songs like “L'Inverno e passato” (“The Winter is over”) and various Swiss marches, but also all the national anthems of the host countries and favorites such as River Dance by Bill Whelan or classical pieces such as the “Toccata in d minor” by Johann Sebastian Bach.