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.
19/03/2026 20:00 CET
The Händel Passion On-site
Bachcelona Festival SpainFundación 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
21/03/2026 10:00 CET
Festa della Musica Antica: Vigevano, Accade anche qui On-site
Diapason Consortium ItalyAuditorium 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
21/03/2026 20:30 CET
The Vocalitas Choir celebrates Early Music Day! On-site
Conservatoire de Châtenay-Malabry FranceÉglise 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
21/03/2026 19:00 CET
Der Tag des Gerichts On-site
Magdeburger Telemann-Festtage GermanyOpernhaus 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
21/03/2026 14:00 CET
An afternoon of early music On-site
Conservatoire à Rayonnement Communal d'Orange FranceChapelle 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
22/03/2026 20:00 CET
U kraljevstvu Partenope - napuljski barokni koncerti On-site
Croatian Baroque Ensemble CroatiaSatirical 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
09/04/2025 16:00 CEST
French & Italian Lute Music from the Baroque Era Online
Escola d'Adults Pau Casals de Rubí SpainEscola 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.
21/03/2026 21:00 EET (21/03/2026 20:00 CET)
O Sidera On-site
Festival Sastamala Gregoriana FinlandSt 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
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 FranceMédiathèque 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
22/03/2026 16:30 CET
Organ and early music concert On-site
Conservatoire à Rayonnement Communal d'Orange FranceCathédrale 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.)
