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.
21/03/2026 19:30 CST (21/03/2026 12:30 CET)
Quattrocento On-site
National Concert Hall TaiwanNational Concert Hall , No. 21-1, Zhongshan S Rd, Zhongzheng District, 100 Taipei City
Collaboration concert with Capella de Ministrers & The Gleam Ensemble.
Spanish Renaissance music from Alfonso the Magnanimous to Isabella the Catholic.
Musicians
- CAPELLA DE MINISTRERS Carles Magraner
- THE GLEAM ENSEMBLE Martin Chiang
22/03/2026 14:30 CST (22/03/2026 07:30 CET)
The Gleam International Early Music Festival - "Echoes of Ciudad de San Salvador" On-site
The Gleam Ensemble TaiwanKeelung Concert Hall, No. 181, Xinyi 1st Rd, Zhongzheng District, aiwan, 204 Keelung City
The Sound of Fort San Salvador presents this four-hundred-year history through music, allowing a vital chapter of cross-cultural exchange, long buried beneath the shipyard of Heping Island to resurface through sound.
Musicians
The Gleam Ensemble x Capella de Ministrers
01/03/2026 10:30 CST (01/03/2026 03:30 CET)
The Gleam International Early Music Festival — España 400 On-site
The Gleam Ensemble TaiwanTaipei, No. 21-1, Zhongshan South Road, Zhongzheng District, , 10048 Taipei City
Rather than reconstructing history solely from documents, this programme approaches the past through its soundscape, questioning what daily life might have been like for the people who lived, worked, traded, celebrated and mourned their dead on this island.
Musicians
Ya Nong Huang
18/03/2026 19:30 CST (18/03/2026 12:30 CET)
The Gleam International Early Music Festival - “La Spagna” x Capella de Ministrers On-site
The Gleam Ensemble TaiwanTaipei National Performence Hall, English Address: No. 21-1, Zhongshan South Road, Zhongzheng District, , 10048 Taipei City
In the mid-fifteenth century, Portugal was the first European power to break through the perceived limits of the known world. The immense wealth generated by maritime exploration soon prompted other European nations to shift their focus from overland commerce.
Musicians
Capella de Ministrers
