Edition 2026

Join the Global Celebration of Early Music


Every 21 March, festivals, concert halls, ensembles, and institutions across Europe come together to celebrate the richness of early music. Explore the diversity of events, artists, and initiatives by visiting our interactive map and find out what’s happening near you or across the continent. 

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The Händel Passion

19/03/2026 20:00 CET

The Händel Passion On-site

Bachcelona Festival Spain
Fundación Salvat, Carrer del Gall, 30-36, 08950 Barcelona, Spain
This program of music by Handel and Bach recreates an extraordinary event: Good Friday, 1747, when J.S. Bach performed Handel arias in Leipzig during a performance of the Markus Passion.
Musicians
  • Salvat Soloists Mariana Rodrigues, soprano
  • Jana Corominas, mezzo-soprano
  • Itamar Hildesheim, tenor
  • Lluís Arratia, baritone
  • Bachcelona Consort
  • Katy Elkin, oboe
  • Vadym Makarenko,violin
  • Andrés Murillo, violin
  • Núria Pujolràs, viola
  • Guillermo Turina, cello
  • Daniel Tarrida, harpsichord and conductor
Festa della Musica Antica: Vigevano, Accade anche qui

21/03/2026 10:00 CET

Festa della Musica Antica: Vigevano, Accade anche qui On-site

Diapason Consortium Italy
Auditorium San Dionigi, https://maps.app.goo.gl/NHEJhWVawKpsJbUa9, 27029 Vigevano (PV - ITA)
A marathon of concerts celebrating Early Music at Auditorium San Dionigi, a 17th century church suspended from worship and now temple of Music in Vigevano, just a few meters from Piazza Ducale, from 10am until midnight
Musicians By the artistic production collective Bottega dei Suoni
The Vocalitas Choir celebrates Early Music Day!

21/03/2026 20:30 CET

The Vocalitas Choir celebrates Early Music Day! On-site

Conservatoire de Châtenay-Malabry France
Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois, Place de l'église, 92290 Châtenay-Malabry
The Vocalitas Choir and the conservatory's early music classes will gather at the Church of Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois for a special concert in tribute to this musical genre.
Musicians
  • Vocalitas Choir conducted by Sophie BOUCHERON and accompanied by Hugues DELAUNAY
  • Early music classes conducted by Éric BRUNET
Der Tag des Gerichts

21/03/2026 19:00 CET

Der Tag des Gerichts On-site

Magdeburger Telemann-Festtage Germany
Opernhaus Magdeburg, Universitätsplatz 9, 39104 Magdeburg
Telemann's dramatic oratorio describes the fear of God's judgment on the Last Day. The modern language inspired powerful musical images of fear, menace, and natural forces sent by God, but also hymns of praise and songs of thanksgiving.
Musicians B'Rock Orchestra & Vocal Consort Johanna Soller, artistic direction
An afternoon of early music

21/03/2026 14:00 CET

An afternoon of early music On-site

Conservatoire à Rayonnement Communal d'Orange France
Chapelle Saint-Louis, Rue de l'ancien collège , 84100 Orange
2 p.m.: lecture on ‘Jean-Joseph Mouret, a composer from Avignon in Paris’ by Marie-Virginie Delorme 4 p.m.: Les fêtes galantes (dance, music and theatre) by the teachers and students of the Orange Conservatory
Musicians
  • Alain BRAVAY: teacher of traditional music and director of early music ensembles Marie-Virginie DELORME: teacher of organ and music culture
  • Amélie GAUTHIER: teacher of viola da gamba and guitar
  • Cécile PERRET: teacher of flute and traverso
  • Josée ARRUE: theatre teacher
  • Séverine GROS: dance teacher And the students of the Orange Conservatory
U kraljevstvu Partenope - napuljski barokni koncerti

22/03/2026 20:00 CET

U kraljevstvu Partenope - napuljski barokni koncerti On-site

Croatian Baroque Ensemble Croatia
Satirical Theatre Kerempuh, Prilaz Fadila Hodžića 3, 10000 Zagreb
Second concert in the 26th concert season of the Croatian Baroque Ensemble. You will hear some works of Mancini, Scarlatti, Fiorenza, Mele, Leo, and Sammartini. And a day earlier, the same concert can be heard in Celje (Slovenia).
Musicians Croatian Baroque Ensemble Maruša Brezavšček - recorder and artistic direction
French & Italian Lute Music from the Baroque Era

09/04/2025 16:00 CEST

French & Italian Lute Music from the Baroque Era Online

Escola d'Adults Pau Casals de Rubí Spain
Escola Municipal de Música Pere Burés, Joaquim Blume, 28, 08191 Rubí
First concert ever with a 14-course lute with works by pretty unknown baroque composers for the lute such as Louys de Moy & Giovanni Zamboni.
Musicians Joaquim Bogunyà, 14-course lute.
O Sidera

21/03/2026 21:00 EET (21/03/2026 20:00 CET)

O Sidera On-site

Festival Sastamala Gregoriana Finland
St Olaf's Church, Kallialan kirkkotie 50, 38200 Sastamala
Language, distorted by Lassus or stretched by the Byzantine Asmatikon, fades away to make room for pure sensation. A new grammar is created, that of the encounter between music and the body, between the bodies of the singers and the body of the conductor's gestures and the bodies of the listeners, in the wake of the sound waves. O Sidera is a shock, a rapture, which is first experienced and then explained. The programme can be read when the singing stops, as if to seek a rational explanation for what we have just experienced.
Musicians
  • Lila Hajosi - Conductor
  • Chloé Roussel - Mezzo soprano
  • Fanny Chatelain - Alto
  • Olivier Merlin - Tenor
  • Xavier Bazoge, Jean-Marc Vié - Bass
Conférence "Jean-Joseph Mouret, un compositeur avignonnais à Paris au XVIIIe siècle"

31/03/2026 15:00 CEST

Conférence "Jean-Joseph Mouret, un compositeur avignonnais à Paris au XVIIIe siècle" On-site

Les Après-midi de Fonséca France
Médiathèque Jean-Louis Barrault , 6 rue Perrin Morel, 84000 Avignon
As part of her collaboration on Alain Bravay's recent book on Jean-Joseph Mouret, Marie-Virginie Delorme is giving a lecture to rediscover this Baroque composer from Avignon, with screenings and musical excerpts.
Musicians
  • Marie-Virginie Delorme, professor of organ, music writing and culture at the CRC in Orange and titular organist at Vaison-la-Romaine Cathedral
Organ and early music concert

22/03/2026 16:30 CET

Organ and early music concert On-site

Conservatoire à Rayonnement Communal d'Orange France
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Nazareth, Rue de l'ancien collège , 84100 Orange
Concert by the organ class, with the participation of teachers from the early music department and the Conservatoire's early music ensembles for teenagers and adults.
Musicians
  • Marie-Virginie Delorme, organ teacher
  • Alain Bravay, traditional music teacher and director of early music ensembles
  • Amélie Gauthier, viola da gamba teacher
  • Conservatory students (organ, galoubet-tambourine, bagpipes, recorder, violin, cello, etc.)
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