Bachfest Leipzig inspires 75,000 visitors: a festival of the transformation!

Bachfest Leipzig inspires 75,000 visitors: a festival of the transformation!

This year's Bachfest in Leipzig, which came up with the motto "Transformation", once again made the city the meeting point for music lovers from all over the world. With over 200 events that took place from June 12th to 23rd, the festival attracted around 75,000 visitors from 53 nations, which corresponds to a remarkable utilization of more than 90 percent. The director of the festival, Michael Maul, was very satisfied with the course and the presentation of the diverse programs.

like Deutschlandfunk Kultur , the last performance of the trade fair in H minor took place on Sunday evening in the famous Thomas Church. This final concert is another tradition of the festival and attracts numerous spectators every year. The representatives of the choirs and orchestras presented at the festival - a total of 3,500 contributors, including 38 choirs and almost 1,800 singers - impressively contributed to the determination.

A look at the story and the future

The Bachfest, which was first launched for the new Bachgesellschaft in 1904, has been a fixed highlight in the event calendar since 1999 under the organization of the Bach Archive in Leipzig. Every year the festival is devoted to a new topic, and in 2024 the next is already on the program: "Choral Total". As mentioned Wikipedia, the great composer Johann Sebastian Bach was from 1723 to his death 1750 Thomaskantor in Leipzig, which makes the city a center of the Bach interpretation.

But not only the traditional concerts and performances are part of the festival, but also innovative formats such as the "Virtual Bach Experience" concert, which enabled a virtual encounter with Bach. This modern approach is an exciting contrast to the master's heir, which was also made tangible under the motto "Transformation". The positive response to this concept shows that the way to integrate new technologies into culture has arrived well.

an outlook

director Michael Maul, whose contract has been extended by another five years, has impressively proven that he has a good knack for the program design. According to his words, this year's selection reflects the remarkable changes in Bach's work and invites you to deal intensively with his work. The next Bachfest will take place from June 11th to 21st, 2024, and the expectations are already high.