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 11:10 CET
Alla fonte della musica On-site
Centro culturale San Magno ItalyCentro parrocchiale San Magno, Piazza San Magno, 10, 20025 Legnano
Course on reading and interpreting the Renaissance repertoire in ancient notation.
Musicians
- Salvatore Sciammetta
21/03/2026 18:30 CET (21/03/2026 18:30 CET)
"Tempus est jocundum" On-site
Associazione Mozart - Lecce ItalyMuseo Provinciale "Sigismondo Castromediano" , Viale Gallipoli, 31 , 73100 Lecce
Songs and music for a medieval spring festival.
Musicians
- Ensemble Concentus
- Vania Palumbo: canto, citola, percussioni
- Michele Tricarico: flauti a becco
- Maurizio Ria, viella, quinterna
- Angela Lacalamita: Liuto, salterio
- Giovanna Tricarico: organo portativo, arpa gotica
21/03/2026 18:30 CET (21/03/2026 18:30 CET)
"Tempus est jocundum" Canti e Musiche per una festa medievale di Primavera On-site
Associazione Mozart - Lecce ItalyMuseo provinciale "Sigismondo Castromediano", Museo Provinciale "Sigismondo Castromediano" - Viale Gallipoli, 30 - Lecce, 73100 LECCE
The program includes music from the "Codex Buranus" and other medieval codices. Songs and music dedicated to spring, wine, and good living.
Musicians
Ensemble Concentus - Vania Palumbo: Canto, Citola, Persussioni; Michele Tricarico: Flauti a becco; Maurizio Ria: Viella, Quinterna; Angela Lacalamita: Liuto, Salterio; Giovanna Tricarico: Organo portativo, Arpa gotica, Organistrum
21/03/2026 20:30 CET
Lusso e melancholia - Splendore e intimità nel tardo rinascimento strumentale On-site
Pontificio Istituto Ambrosiano di Musica Sacra (Pontifical Ambrosian Institute of Sacred Music ) ItalyPontificio Istituto Ambrosiano di Musica Sacra (Pontifical Ambrosian Institute of Sacred Music ), Corso Garibaldi 116, 20121 Milano (Italy)
Concert with an orchestra of Renaissance instruments.
Musicians
- Gruppo Musica Antica AIMA
- Conductor: Ivan Pelà
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 17:51 CET (21/03/2026 17:51 CET)
Divina Virgo. Medieval music concert for voices and instruments On-site
Fondazione Abbatia Sancte Marie de Morimundo ItalyChiara Mojana, Piazza Municipio n. 6, 20081 Morimondo
Medieval music concert paying tribute to the Virgin Mary through Gregorian chants, Italian lauds, Cantigas de Santa Maria, and pilgrimage melodies. Voices and period instruments recreate the spiritual atmosphere of the Middle Ages.
Musicians
- Instrumental duo "In Itinere Musica Medievale" (viella, rebec, medieval clàrsach harp, recorder and other instruments).
- Gregorian vocal trio "Sonus et vox"
21/03/2026 19:00 CET (21/03/2026 19:00 CET)
Mencía. Duchessa di Calabria On-site
Pietà de' Turchini Foundation ItalyChurch of Santa Caterina da Siena, Santa Caterina da Siena Street, 38, 80132 Naples
This programme revolves around the figure of Mencía de Mendoza, Duchess of Calabria, one of the most eminent personalities of the Spanish Renaissance and heir to the Neapolitan cultural legacy.
Musicians
- CANTORÍA
- Inés Alonso, soprano
- Belén Herrero, alto
- Jorge Losana, tenor and conductor
- David Guitart, bass
- Nathan Giorgetti, viola da gamba
- Daniel Murphy, lute
- with the contribution of Cervantes Institute, Ambassy of Spain in Italy and INAEM
21/03/2026 20:30 CET
IN VIAGGIO DA BACH AI BACH. Estro, genialità e passione On-site
Grandezze & Meraviglie ItalyChiesa di Sant'Agostino, via Sant'Agostino, 6, 41121 Modena
Five Trio Sonatas by J.S. Bach and his sons trace the evolution of the genre from Baroque to Classicism. A journey into the Bach family workshop, where counterpoint, instrumental dialogue and new sonorities come to life.
Musicians
- ENSEMBLE À L’ANTICA
- Luigi Lupo, flute
- Rossella Croce, violin
- Rebeca Ferri, cello
- Anna Fontana, harpsichord
