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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Journée Européenne de la Musique Ancienne

21/03/2026 10:00 CET

Journée Européenne de la Musique Ancienne On-site

Opéra de Massy France
1 place de France, 91300 Massy
The Massy Opera House is opening its doors for a series of activities centred on music and dance from the 17th and 18th centuries, with a focus on female musicians and dancers from that period.
Musicians
  • Irène Feste, dancer and choreographer, specialist in 17th and 18th century choreographic repertoire
  • Aurélie Karbowiak, flutist (recorders, traverso), teacher at the Massy Conservatory
  • Baptiste Guittet, harpsichordist, teacher at the Massy Conservatory
  • Andrés Felipe Rubiano Granados, violist and guitarist, teacher at the Amiens and Massy Conservatories
Family Workshop: The sackbut, a musical passport through the ages

18/03/2026 15:00 CET

Family Workshop: The sackbut, a musical passport through the ages On-site

Les Muses en Dialogue x Julien Miro France
218 Bd de l'Aéroport international, 34000 Montpellier
Discovering the ancestor of the trombone: history, how it works, trying out the instrument and a mini-concert. Julien Miro, professor at the Cité des Arts, highlights the links between the modern trombone and the sackbut.
Musicians

Julien Miro

Workshop tours: guided tour of a workshop certified as Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant

18/03/2026 16:00 CET

Workshop tours: guided tour of a workshop certified as Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant On-site

Les Muses en Dialogue x Martine Argellies France
11bis Rue des Soldats, 34000 Montpellier
Martine Argellies, a harpsichord maker since 1981, is one of the few French specialists in this instrument.
Musicians

Martine Argellies

 Musical tour: Casa Xanxo celebrates spring

21/03/2026 16:00 CET

Musical tour: Casa Xanxo celebrates spring On-site

Les Muses en Dialogue x Casa Xanxo France
8 Rue de la Main de Fer, 66000 Perpignan
Musical tour with students from the early music department of the Perpignan Regional Conservatory. A festive and convivial afternoon at Casa Xanxo, where the history of Perpignan meets early music.
Musicians

With Sylvain Sartre, Fanette Estrade et Valérie Dulac.

Madri(é)gale

28/03/2026 16:00 CET

Madri(é)gale On-site

Cité de la Voix - Biennale Elles France
Cité de la Voix de Vézelay, 4 rue de l’Hôpital , 89450 VÉZELAY
Concert by the Alkymia ensemble following a creative residency at the Cité de la Voix. This programme offers a journey from Italian madrigals to German madrigals, motets and double choirs. 10 singers, lira da gamba and positive organ.
Musicians
  • Alkymia - répertoires anciens et de nos jours
  • Mariana Delgadillo Espinoza
Workshop tours: guided tour of a workshop certified as Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant

18/03/2026 18:30 CET

Workshop tours: guided tour of a workshop certified as Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant On-site

Les Muses en Dialogue x Martine Argellies France
11bis Rue des Soldats, 34000 Montpellier
Martine Argellies, a harpsichord maker since 1981, is one of the few French specialists in this instrument.
Musicians

Martine Argellies

Workshop tours: guided tour of a workshop certified as Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant

19/03/2026 16:00 CET

Workshop tours: guided tour of a workshop certified as Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant On-site

Les Muses en Dialogue x Martine Argellies France
11bis Rue des Soldats, 34000 Montpellier
Martine Argellies, a harpsichord maker since 1981, is one of the few French specialists in this instrument.
Musicians

Martine Argellies

Le Grand Siècle

25/03/2026 18:00 CET

Le Grand Siècle On-site

Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional Pau Béarn Pyrénées France
21 bis rue Serviez, 64000 PAU
Two concerts with commentary and illustrations by the students, exploring the richness and evolution of Baroque music: 6pm – Court airs and instrumental music from 17th-century France / 8pm – Armide by Jean-Baptiste Lully (excerpts)
Lecture: Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, by Stéphan Perreau

18/03/2026 17:00 CET

Lecture: Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, by Stéphan Perreau On-site

Les Muses en Dialogue x Stéphan Perreau France
218 Bd de l'Aéroport international, 34000 Montpellier
Illustrated lecture on the Baroque composer and presentation of the reissue of the monograph edited by Les Muses en Dialogue. Stéphan Perreau is a musicologist and specialist in French Baroque music.
Musicians

Stéphan Perreau

Répétitions ouvertes : Hommage à Joël Pons

19/03/2026 19:00 CET

Répétitions ouvertes : Hommage à Joël Pons On-site

Les Muses en Dialogue x Ars Vocalis France
10 Rue du Tour de l'Église, 34080 Montpellier
Ars Vocalis, conducted by Marie-Paule Nounou, opens a rehearsal to the public in tribute to cellist Joël Pons, featuring works by Bach, Pergolesi and Handel. An immersion into the heart of the work of an ensemble dedicated to the sacred Baroque repertoire.
Musicians

Ars Vocalis, artistic direction by Marie-Paule Nounou

Visite en musique : Romantisme et classicisme, nature et  sentiments – Ensemble Les Ombres

20/03/2026 11:15 CET

Visite en musique : Romantisme et classicisme, nature et sentiments – Ensemble Les Ombres On-site

Les Muses en Dialogue x Musée Fabre France
39 Bd Bonne Nouvelle, 34000 Montpellier
A dialogue between pictorial works and ancient instruments in a guided musical journey. Artistic direction: Margaux Blanchard & Sylvain Sartre. With Sylvain Sartre (flute) and Romaric Martin (historical guitar).
Musicians

Ensemble Les Ombres, artistic direction: Margaux Blanchard & Sylvain Sartre.

Visite en musique : Romantisme et classicisme, nature et  sentiments – Ensemble Les Ombres

20/03/2026 16:00 CET

Visite en musique : Romantisme et classicisme, nature et sentiments – Ensemble Les Ombres On-site

Les Muses en Dialogue x Musée Fabre France
39 Bd Bonne Nouvelle, 34000 Montpellier
A dialogue between pictorial works and ancient instruments in a guided musical journey. Artistic direction: Margaux Blanchard & Sylvain Sartre. With Sylvain Sartre (flute) and Romaric Martin (historical guitar).
Musicians

Ensemble Les Ombres, artistic direction: Margaux Blanchard & Sylvain Sartre.

Concert : Chorals en miroir Bach & Mendelssohn – Benjamin Alard, grand orgue

21/03/2026 18:30 CET

Concert : Chorals en miroir Bach & Mendelssohn – Benjamin Alard, grand orgue On-site

Les Muses en Dialogue x Benjamin Alard France
1 Rue de l'Horloge, 66000 Perpignan
Lent programme mirroring Bach and Mendelssohn. Benjamin Alard brings us Bach's complete keyboard works with Harmonia Mundi.
Musicians

Benjamin Alard

Visite en musique : Romantisme et classicisme, nature et  sentiments – Ensemble Les Ombres

20/03/2026 14:00 CET

Visite en musique : Romantisme et classicisme, nature et sentiments – Ensemble Les Ombres On-site

Les Muses en Dialogue x Musée Fabre France
39 Bd Bonne Nouvelle, 34000 Montpellier
A dialogue between pictorial works and ancient instruments in a guided musical journey. Artistic direction: Margaux Blanchard & Sylvain Sartre. With Sylvain Sartre (flute) and Romaric Martin (historical guitar).
Musicians

Ensemble Les Ombres, artistic direction: Margaux Blanchard & Sylvain Sartre.

Concert: Early music – Béziers Méditerranée and Grand Narbonne Conservatories

21/03/2026 19:00 CET

Concert: Early music – Béziers Méditerranée and Grand Narbonne Conservatories On-site

Les Muses en Dialogue x – Conservatoire de Béziers Méditerrannée et Conservatoire du Grand Narbonne France
10 Place de l'Église, 34490 Lignan sur Orb
Renaissance & Baroque concert by students and teachers. A genuine invitation to rediscover the richness and diversity of early music through the sounds of harpsichords, Baroque violins and recorders.
Musicians

Students and teachers from the Béziers Méditerranée Conservatory and the Greater Narbonne Conservatory

Concert: Fili Mi Absalon – The sackbut in the spotlight

22/03/2026 15:00 CET

Concert: Fili Mi Absalon – The sackbut in the spotlight On-site

Les Muses en Dialogue x la Cité des Arts France
13 Av. du Professeur Grasset, 34090 Montpellier
Programme based on Schütz and Rosenmüller with Guillaume Olry (vocals), Franck Poitrineau, Julien Miro (sackbouts) and Marie Domitille Murez (baroque harp).
Musicians

Professors of the Early Music Department from the Cité des Arts: Guillaume Olry, Franck Poitrineau, Julien Miro and Marie Domitille Murez.

Musical event - Coloquio 6

29/03/2026 16:00 CEST

Musical event - Coloquio 6 On-site

CENTRE CULTUREL DE RENCONTRE D'AMBRONAY France
95 Pl. Marcel Grillet, 01640 Jujurieux
Come along to Jujurieux on Sunday 29 March for a musical performance by the Coloquio 6 ensemble! Selected as part of the Sustainable-EEEMERGING scheme to support young talent, Coloquio 6 is a wind sextet specialising in the 19th-century wind band repertoire. The ensemble invites you to discover the works they will be recording the following week for Ambronay Editions in the Chapelle des Soieries Bonnet.
Musicians
  • Coloquio 6
Conference: Rediscovering Boismortier, the forgotten pioneer of French Baroque music

18/03/2026 17:00 CET

Conference: Rediscovering Boismortier, the forgotten pioneer of French Baroque music On-site

Les Muses en Dialogue France
Médiathèque Émile Zola, Montpellier, 218 bd de l'aéroport international, 34000 MONTPELLIER
A prolific composer and pioneer of artistic life in the 18th century, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier contributed greatly to the democratisation of music. This lecture by Stéphan Perreau invites us to rediscover this creative artist.
Musicians Stéphan Perreau
" Splendeurs vénitiennes " - Gloria & Magnificat de Vivaldi

22/03/2026 16:00 CET

" Splendeurs vénitiennes " - Gloria & Magnificat de Vivaldi On-site

Le Concert Spirituel France
3 avenue Ney, 57000 METZ
This concert features Vivaldi's Gloria & Magnificat, composed for the young orphans of the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice, very rarely performed in their original version for double female choir.
Musicians
  • Le Concert Spirituel, female choir and orchestra
  • Hervé Niquet, musical director
Once upon a time... Holy Week

21/03/2026 20:30 CET

Once upon a time... Holy Week On-site

Les Talens Lyriques France
Salle Cortot, 78 rue Cardinet, 75017 Paris
Public masterclass and concert with commentary by Christophe Rousset, in partnership with the École Normale de Musique de Paris. The programme aims to provide a deeper understanding of the works performed, in connection with Holy Week and the Leçons de Ténèbres.
Musicians
  • Michèle Bréant, 1st treble
  • Suzanne Jerosme, 2nd treble
  • Isabelle Saint-Yves, viola da gamba
  • Christophe Rousset, organ, harpsichord and conductor
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