Bach Festivals & Cantata Series
Bach Academie Brugge Festival

Name:

Bach Academie Brugge Festival (Bach Academy Brugge Festival)

Location:

Brugge, Belgium

Venues:

Concertgebouw Brugge, 8000, Bruges

Years:

Since 2011 (re-launched; Annual Festival)

Months:

January

Artistic Director:

Philippe Herreweghe

Ensembles:

Collegium Vocale Gent

Website:

Concertgebouw Brugge

Every year, Bruges hosts the Bach Academie Brugge Festival. This major event in baroque music attracts international ensembles, who perform pieces celebrating the genius of J.S. Bach and stage exhibitions, lectures and film screenings on his compositions.

In collaboration with Philippe Herreweghe and his Collegium Vocale Gent, the Concertgebouw is launching an annual festival for Baroque lovers from all over the world: the Bach Academie Brugge. A whole weekend long, all eyes will be focussed on the oeuvre of this incomparable Baroque master. Concerts by internationally renowned ensembles and soloists, a lecture-performance, films, an exhibition and location projects will ensure a veritable cornucopia of J.S. Bach. But J.S. Bach’s timeless music naturally also points one, almost automatically, to the work of other composers, both before and after the master. In this first edition of the revamped festival, the Festival is taking its J.S. Bach lovers on two excursions. On Saturday morning holders of a weekend pass can go to Damme for a musical tour of Marcel Ponseele and Francis Ponseele’s oboe-making workshop. And on Sunday morning they will be delving into the Baroque past of Bruges’s Our Lady of the Pottery Church, together with Roel Dieltiens. The inspiring architecture of the Concertgebouw and the historic charm of Bruges provide the perfect backdrop for an intense Bach Academie Brugge.

History & Mission:

Since 2011

Recent Festivals:

1^st Festival: Jan 20-23, 2011
2^nd Festival: Jan 20-22, 2012
3^rd Festival: Jan 25-27, 2013
4^th Festival: Jan 30-Feb 2, 2014
5^th Festival: Jan 28-Feb2, 2015
6^th Festival: Jan 20-24, 2016
7^th Festival: Mar 2-5, 2017
8^th Festival: Jan 24-28, 2018
9^th Festival: Jan 14-19, 2019
10^th Festival: Jan 14-19, 2020

11^th Festival: Jan 20-24, 2021
12^th Festival: Jan 19-23, 2022
13^th Festival: Jan 18-22, 2023
14^th Festival: Jan 16-21, 2024
15^th Festival: Jan 21-26, 2025
16^th Festival: Jul 13-18, 2026

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