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Festival (Link to Website)

Artistic Director

Years

Months

Place

BCW

International

         

Bach in the Subways Day

 

2010-

Mar

Various Cities around the World

BCW

           

Argentina

         

Academia Bach de Buenos Aires

Mario Videla

1983-

Cantata Series

Buenos Aires, Argentina

BCW

           

Australia

         

Canberra Bach Ensemble

Andrew Koll

1999-2000
2016-

Feb-Dec
Cantata Series

Manuka, Canberra, Australia

BCW

Melbourne International Arts Festival

Kristy Edmunds

1986-

Oct

Melbourne, Australia

 

New England Bach Festival

Benjamin Thorn

2003-

May

Armidale, NSW, Australia

BCW

Sydney Grammer School Bach Festival

Christopher Shepard

2001-

May-Jun

Sydney, Australia

BCW

Sydney Grammer School - 2010 Bach: The Complete Choral Cantatas

Christopher Shepard

2005-2013

Feb-Dec
Cantata Series

Sydney, Australia

BCW

St. Johns Southgate - Bach Cantata Service

Graham Lieschke

1998-

Mar-Sep
Cantata Series

Melbourne, Australia

BCW

Australian Bach Society: Bach@Trinity

Hans Schroeder

2012-

Feb-May

Melbourne, Australia

BCW

           

Austria

         

BACH XXI - Capella Leopoldina

Jörg Zwicker

2000-

Cantata Series

Graz, Austria

BCW

Salzburger Bachgesellschaft: Bach-Zyklus

Albert Hartinger

 

Concert Series

Salzburg, Austria

BCW

Bach-Kantaten Abonnement-Zyklus at Wiener Konzerthaus

Luca Pianca

2008-

Cantata Series

Vienna, Austria

BCW

Bachwoche in der Lutherischen Stadtkirche

Erzsébet Geréd

2005-

Mar-Apr

Vienna, Austria

BCW

           

Belgium

         

Bach Cantates Aalst

Patrick Van Goethem

2007-

Cantata Series

Aalst, Belgium

 

BachPlus

Bart Naessens

2011-

Jan-Dec
Cantata Series

Aalst & ardenburg), Belgium

BCW

International Bachdagen Brugge

Ignace Thevelein

1998-

Mar, Jul

Bruges, Belgium

BCW

La Chapelle des Minimes

Jacques Vanherenthals

1981-

Sep-Jun
Cantata Series

Brussels, Belgium

BCW

The Happy Bach Festival

 

2018-

Nov

Gent, Belgium

BCW

Festival Bach en Vallée Mosane

Philippe Pierlot

2003-

Mar, May

Liege & Herve, Belgium

BCW

           

Bolivia

BachFest Cochabamba
Artistic Director: Elizabeth Schwimmer
Years: 2008-; Months: Mar-Apr | Annual Festival
Place: Cochabamba, Bolivia | BCW Page

 

Canada

         

Calgary Bach Festival Society

Terry Edwards

1988-

Mar, Dec

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

BCW

Bach Music Festival of Canada

Gerald Fagan

2011-

Jul

Exeter, South Huron, Ontario, Canada

BCW

Le Festival Bach de Montréal

Alexandra Scheibler

2002

Oct-Nov

Montréal, Québec, Canada

BCW

Ensemble Da Capo: J.S. Bach Cantates

Jean-Pierre Brunet

2007-

Apr, Oct, Dec
Cantata Series

Montréal, Québec, Canada

BCW

Festival Bach +

 

2013

Jun-Dec
Concert Series

Montréal, Québec, Canada

BCW

Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal: Cantates de Bach

 

2014-

Sep-Apr
Concert Series

Montréal, Québec, Canada

BCW

Festival Bach à Québec

Gisèle Pettigrew

2000-2006

Jul-Aug

Québec City, Québec, Canada

BCW

Toronto Bach Festival

Doreen Rao

2004-2008

Oct-Nov

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

BCW

Church of the Redeemer: Bach Vespers

?

?

Concert Series

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

BCW

Pacific Baroque Festival

Marc Destrubé

2005-

Feb-Mar

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

BCW

           

Denmark

         

Enghave Barok

Christian Dehn Bang

2010

Sep-Jul
Cantata Series

Copenhagen, Denmark

BCW

Roskilde Bach-uge

   

Oct-Nov

Denmark

BCW

           

Estonia

         

Tallinna Bachi nimeline muusikafestival

Andres Uibo

2012-

Jan

Talinn, Estonia

BCW

           

Finland

         

Helsinki BACH Week

Hannu Norjanen

1965-

Nov

Helsinki, Finland

BCW

           

France

         

Festival Bach en Combrailles

Gilles Cantagrel

1998-

Jun

Combrailles, France

BCW

Festival Bach de Belvès

Jean-Michel Bloch

2007-

Jul-Aug

Dordogne, France

BCW

Cantates de Bach à Lyon

Vincent Bernhardt

2009-

Oct-Jun
Cantata Series

Lyon, France

BCW

Festival De Bach à Bacchus

Yves Henry

1986-

Jul

Meursault, France

BCW

Festival Der Académie Bach / Arques La Bataille

   

Aug

Normandie, France

BCW

Les Cantates - Intégrale des cantates de Bach à Paris

Jean-Christophe Frisch, Freddy Eichelberger, Christian Leblé

2000-

Oct-Jun
Cantata Series

Paris, France

BCW

Bach Collegium Paris

Patrizia Metzler

2009-

Cantata Series

Paris, France

BCW

Cantates de Bach à Paris - Oratoire du Louvre
Intégrale des cantates de J.S. Bach à Notre-Dame des Blancs-Manteaux

Georges Guillard

2001-

Cantata Series

Paris, France

BCW

La Cantate des Muses

Louise Audubert

2010-

Cantata Series

Paris, France

BCW

Europa Bach Festival [NBG] [N/A]

Martin Petzoldt, Rudolf Klemm & Gilles Cantagrel,

2005

Sep-Dec

Paris & Ile-de-France Region, France

BCW

Festival Bach du Schauenberg

Thierry Mechler

2009-

May

Pfaffenheim, Alsace, France

BCW

Bach en Drôme des Collines / Festival de Saint Donat

Jean-François Gay

1962-

Jul

Saint-Donat, France

BCW

CoRéAM: Festival Bach à Pâques

Jean-Yves Gaudin

2004-

Apr

Saint-Maixent-l'École, Deux-Sèvres, France

BCW

Festival Bach de Toul

Pascal Vigneron

2010-

Jun-Sep

Toul, France

BCW

Les Cantates sans filet

Michel Brun

2006-

Oct-Jun
Cantata Series

Toulouse, France

BCW

Passe ton Bach d’Abord

Michel Brun

2005-

Jun

Toulouse, France

BCW

Cycle des Cantates de Bach - Versailles

Jean-François Frémont

2005-

Sep-Jun
Cantata Series

Versailles, France

BCW

           

Germany

         

Neue Bachgesellschaft e. V

Martin Petzold

1904-

 

Various cities, Germany

BCW

Aachener Bachtage

Georg Hage

1973-

Nov-Dec

Aachen, North Westphalia, Germany

BCW

Bachwoche Ansbach

Andreas Bomba

1947-

Jul-Aug

Ansbach, Germany

BCW

Bach-Festival-Arnstadt

Gottfried Preller

2005-

Mar-Apr

Arnstadt, Germany

BCW

Bach:Sommer

Joshua Rifkin

2010-

Aug

Arnstadt & Wandersleben, Thuringia, Germany

BCW

Aschaffenburger Bachtage

Burkard Fleckenstein

1985-

Jul-Aug

Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany

BCW

Bach in Rokoko

Reinhard Kammler

 

Sep

Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany

BCW

Internationale Bachtage in Hessen und Thüringen

Siegfried Heinrich

1974-

Apr

Bad Hersfeld, Hesse, Germany

BCW

Bach-Chor Berlin

Achim Zimmermann

1961-

Sep-Jun
Cantata Series

Berlin, Germany

BCW

Bochumer Bachtage

Arno Hartmann & Niels Nabring

2001-

Oct-Nov

Bochum, North Westphalia, Germany

BCW

Feste Alter Musik in Brainschweiger Land

John Eliot Gardiner

2005-

Changing

Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany

 

Bachwochen Dill

Wolfgang Schult

1975-

Oct-Nov

Dillenburg-Frohnhausen, Hessen, Germany

BCW

Frauenkirche Bach Days

Matthias Grünert

?

Oct

Dresden, Saxony, Germany

BCW

Erfurter Bachtage

Hubertus Röder

2004-

Mar-Apr

Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany

BCW

Chapelle de la Vigne: Bach Kantaten

Bernhard Schmidt

2010-

Feb-Nov
Cantata Series

Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

BCW

Görlitzer Bachwoche

Reinhard Seeliger

1953-

Oct-

Görlitz, Saxony, Germany

 

Greifswalder Bachwoche

Jochen A. Modeß

1946-

May-Jun

Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

BCW

Haller Bachtage

Martin Rieker

1963-

Feb

Halle, North Westphalia, Germany

BCW

Bachfest Hamburg (NBG)

     

Hamburg, Germany

BCW

Hamburger Bach-Wochen

Christoph Schoener

 

Oct-Nov

Hamburg, Germany

BCW

Heidelberger Bachwoche

Christoph-Andreas Schäfer

1985-

Jul

Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

BCW

Köthener Bach Festtage

Hans-Georg Schäfer

1993-

Sep-Oct

Köthen, Saxony, Anhalt, Germany

BCW

Bachfest Leipzig

Georg Christoph Biller, Elmar Weingarten, Christoph Wolff

1999-

May-Jun

Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

BCW

Thomanerchor Leipzig

Georg Christoph Biller

1723-

Cantata Series

Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

BCW

Lüneburger Bachwoche

Claus Hartmann

1978-

Aug-Sep

Lüneburg, Upper Saxony, Germany

BCW

BACHfestival Mannheim

Johannes-Matthias Michel

2011-

Mar

Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

BCW

Bachtage Ohrdruf

Marco Lemme

2010

Jun

Ohrdruf, Thuringia, Germany

BCW

Bach in Plön

Henrich Schwerk

2011-2012

Nov-Nov
Cantata Series

Plön, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

BCW

Bachtage Potsdam

Björn O. Wiede

2001-

Sep

Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany

BCW

Ratinger Bachtage

Dominikus Burghardt

1991

Jun-Jul

Ratingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

BCW

Stiftung Historiche Musik: BACHkantaten in Saarbrücken

Rainer Oster

2009-

Mar-Dec

Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany

BCW

Bach-Zyklus Siegen

Ulrich Stötzel

 

Nov

Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

 

Bachwoche Stuttgart

Helmuth Rilling

1999-

Feb-Mar

Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

BCW

Bach:vokal

Kay Johannsen

2011

Jan-Oct
Cantata Series

Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

BCW

Thüringer Bachwochen

Christoph Drescher

2005-

Mar-Apr

Thuringia, Germany

BCW

Bach Biennale Weimar

Myriam Eichberger, Bernhard Klapprott

2008-

Jul

Weimar, Thuringia, Germany

BCW

Wiblinger Bachtage

Albrect Schmid

2001-

Sep-Oct

Wiblingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

BCW

Wiesbadener Bachwochen

Martin Lutz

1975-

Sep-Nov

Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany

BCW

Wiesbaden-Frankfurt Bach-Vespern

Martin Lutz

2004-

Sep-Jun
Cantata Series

Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany

BCW

Bach-Chor Wiesbaden

Klaus Uwe Ludwig

 

Sep-Jul
Cantata Series

Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany

 

Wörrstädter Bachwoche

Stephan Lennig

1985-

Sep

Wörrstadt, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

BCW

Würzburger Bachtage

Christian Kabitz

1968-

Nov

Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany

BCW

Bach-Kantaten-Club Würzburg

Kensuke Ohira & Gerhard Polifka

2010

Nov-Jun
Cantata Series

Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany

BCW

           

Holland / The Netherlands

       

Bachdag Amrsfoort

Rien Donkersloot

2014-

Oct

Amersfoort, the Netherlands

BCW

Stichting Rondom de Cantates

Bas Ramselaar

1997-

Feb-Oct
Cantata Series

Amersfoort, the Netherlands

BCW

Bach Festival Amsterdam

Taco Stronks

 

Sep

Amsterdam, Holland

 

Barokensemble De Swaen

 

2001-

Sep-Jun
Cantata Series

Amsterdam, Holland

BCW

Westerkerk Amsterdam: Cantatediensten

Hein Meens

1952

Sep-Jun
Cantata Series

Amsterdam, Holland

BCW

Gelders Bach Collegium

Wolfgang Lange

2008

Sep-Mar
Cantata Series

Apeldoorn, the Netherlands

BCW

Stichting Lutherse Kerkmuziek Arnhem: Cantatediensten

Susanne Paulsen

 

Cantata Series

Arnhem, Holland

BCW

Cantatediensten Adventskerk

   

Cantata Series

Assen, the Netherland

BCW

Bach in Baarn

Bas Ramselaar

1970-

Sep-Jun
Cantata Series

Baarn, the Netherlands

BCW

Stichting Bachcantate Bergen

Ellen Verburgt

2006-

Apr, Dec
Cantata Series

Bergen, Holland

BCW

Bachkantates in de Sacramentskerk Breda

Coen Vermeeren

2005-

Sep-Jun
Cantata Series

Breda & Utrecht, Holland

BCW

Bach Festival Dordrecht

Jan Nuchelmans

2010-

Sep

Dordrecht, Holland

BCW

Wilhelminakerk Dordrect Cantatediensten

Ries van der Zouwen

 

Cantata Series

Dordrecht, Holland

BCW

Stichting Cantatediensten Kloosterkerk

Jos Vermunt

1967-

Aug-Jun
Cantata Series

Den Haag, Holland

BCW

Stichting Bach Cantates 's-Hertogenbosch

Jeroen Felix

2005-

Sep-Apr
Cantata Series

‘s-Hertogenbosch, Holland

BCW

Cantatediensten in de Nieuwe Kerk Groningen

Jelte Hulzebos

 

Dec-Jun
Cantata Series

Groningen, the Netherlands

BCW

Luthers Bach Ensemble

Tymen Jan Bronda

2006-

Cantata Series

Groningen, the Netherlands

BCW

Stichting Cantate Domino

 

1990-

Oct-Apr
Cantata Series

Leiden, the Netherlands

BCW

Christelijk Kamerkoor Maassluis - Cantatediensten

Leo den Broeder

1980-

Nov-May
Cantata Series

Maassluis, Holland

BCW

Nederlandse Bachvereniging: All of Bach

Jos van Veldhoven

2014-

Concert Series

Naarden, the Netherlands

BCW

Bach Consort Nijkerk

Falco van Loon

2013-

Feb-Jun
Cantata Series

Nijkerk, the Netherlands

BCW

Nijmeegse Bachcantates

Wouter van Haaften

2008-

Cantata Series

Nijmegen, the Netherlands

BCW

Gelders-Utrechts Cantatekoor

Harry Brasser

1994-

Mar-Dec
Cantata Series

Rhenen, Holland

BCW

Laurenscantorij

Wiecher Mandemaker

1966-

Feb-Sep
Cantata Series

Rotterdam, Holland

BCW

Haags Barok Gezelschap: Cantate Diensten

Gilles Michels

1985-

Sep-Jun
Cantata Series

Scheveningen, the Netherlands

BCW

Stichting Bachcantates Tilburg

Arjan van Baest

2000-

Oct-Jun
Cantata Series

Tilburg, Holland

BCW

Utrechtse Bachcantatediensten

Gijs Leenaars

1967-

Sep-Jun
Cantata Series

Utrecht, Holland

BCW

Collegium Vocale Zaandam

Cor Brandenburg

1977-2002, 2002-

Sep-Jul
Cantata Series

Bullekerk, Zaandam, Holland

BCW

Sint Maartenskerk

Arie Hoek

 

Cantata Series

Sint Maartenskerk, Zaltbommel, Holland

 

Stichting Cantates Grote Kerk Vlaardingen

Arie Eikelboom

1996-

Oct-Apr
Cantata Series

Vlaardingen, Holland

BCW

Schnitger Organ Wolle - Cantata Services

Toon Hagen

2005-

Feb-Nov
Cantata Series

Wolle, Holland

 

Collegium Vocale Zaandam

Cor Brandenburg

2002-

Sep-Jun
Cantata Series

Zaandam, Holland

BCW

Oecumenische Cantatedienst
Collegium Vocal Camerata

Gerard Leegwater

 

Jan-Dec
Cantata Series

Zuidscharwoude, Holland

BCW

           

Hong Kong

         

Hong Kong Bach Festival

David Chin

2015-

May-Oct

Hong Kong

BCW

           

Hungary

         

Budapest Bach-Weeks

Salamon Kamp

1990-

May-Jun

Budapest, Hungary

BCW

           

Ireland

         

Bach Cantata Series in Dublin

Linsday Armstrong

2001-2010

Jan-Mar
Cantata Series

Dublin, Ireland

BCW

           

Israel

         

Original Abu-Gosh Music Festival

Sigi Stadermann

1957-1972

May

Abu-Gosh, Israel

BCW

Abu Gosh Vocal Music Festival

Gershon Cohen

 

May-Jun

Abu-Gosh, Israel

 

Israeli Bach Soloists - Bach Cantatas Cycle

Sharon Rosner

2009

Oct-May
Cantata Series

Abu-Gosh/Tel-Aviv, Israel

BCW

Bach Festival

Gil Shohat

2011

June

Haifa, Israel

BCW

Felicja Blumental International Music festival

Avigail Arnheim

1999-

May

Tel-Aviv, Israel

 

Bach & Jerusalem Festival

David Shemer

2016-

May

Jerusalem, Israel

BCW

           

Italy

         

World Bach-Fest

Ramin Bahrami

2012-

Mar

Florence, Italy

BCW

Società del Quartetto di Milano

 

1994-2004

Cantata Series

Milan, Italy

 

Festival da Bach a Bartok

Giorgio Zagnoni

1989-

Jul-Aug

Imola, Italy

BCW

Mailänder Kantorei

Ruben Jais

 

Sacred Cantatas Cycle & Passions

Milan, Italy

BCW

Back TO Bach

Claudio Chiavazza

2015-

Nov-Dec
Annual Festival

Turin, Italy

BCW

Coro del Friuli Venezia Giulia

Cristiano Dell’Oste

2001-

Cantata Series & more

Venice Italy

BCW

           

Japan

         

Kyoto Bach Solisten

 

1987-2005

Cantata Series

Kyoto, Japan

 

Bach Collegium Japan

Masaaki Suzuki

1990-

Cantata Series

Tokyo & Kobe, Japan

BCW

Bach-Chor Tokyo: Bach Cantata Series Performing in Japanese Text

Emiko Ohmura

1962-

Cantata Series

Tokyo, Japan

BCW

           

Korea

         

International Bach Festival Seoul

Hanyang University Music Research Center

1995-

Oct

Seoul, South Korea

BCW

Bachsolisten Seoul: Bach Cantata Series

Seung-Hee Park

2011-

Dec-Sep

Seoul, South Korea

BCW

           

Latvia

         

International Bach Chamber Music Festival

Aina Kalnciema

2001-

Mar-Apr
Nov-Dec

Riga, Latvia

BCW

           

Malaysia

         

Malaysia Bach Festival
Artistic Director: David Chin
Years: 2015- | Months: July-August | Annual Festival
Place: PJ Old Town, Malaysia | BCW page

           

Moldova

         

Festivalul Internaţional Bach

Sanda Filat

2011-

Mar-Apr

Chișinău, Moldova

BCW

           

New Zealand

         

Bach Musica NZ

Rita Paczian

1977-

Feb-Dec
Concert Series

Aucland, New Zealand

BCW

St Paul's Lutheran Church, Wellington: Bach Cantata Vespers

Mark Whitfield / Richard Apperley

2007-

Mar-Nov
Cantata Series

Wellington, New Zealand

BCW

           

Paraguay

Semana Bach

Diego Sánchez Haase

2015-

Jul

Asunción, Paraguay

BCW

           

Peru

Festival Internacional Bach

Francsico Peredo

1994-

Aug

Trujillo, Peru

BCW

           

Poland

         

Gliwicki Festiwal Bachowski

 

2000-

Jul

Gliwice, Poland

BCW

Days of Bach

 

1997-

Mar

Kraków, Poland

BCW

Festiwal Bachowski

Jan Tomasz Adamus

2000-

Jul-Aug

Świdnica, Poland

BCW

Kultura.UW: BACH 200 UW

Anton Birula (?)

2011

Dec-Apr
Cantata Series

Warsaw, Poland

BCW

           

Russia

         

Moscow International Bach Festival “From Christmas to Christmas”

Tatyana Lanskaya

2009-

Dec-Jan

Moscow, Russia

BCW

International Bach Festival in Tver

Garry Grodberg

1993-

Mar

Tver, Central Federal District, Russia

BCW

           

Slovakia

         

Festival Bachovej hudby Bach Tribute

Matúš Sliacky

2011

Jul

Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia

BCW

           

Spain

         

BACHelona: Festival Bach de Barcelona

Pau Jorquera & Daniel Tarrida

2013-

Jul

Barcelona, Spain

BCW

Palau de la Música Catalana: Integral de Cantates de Bach

 

2015

Apr-
Cantata Series

Barcelona, Spain

BCW

Ciclo Cantatas de Bach en Madrid

Óscar Gershensohn

2004-2012

Oct-Jun
Cantata Series

Madrid, Spain

BCW |

Circulo Bach

Óscar Gershensohn

2012-

Jan-Dec
Concert Series

Madrid, Spain

BCW

Ciclo J.S. Bach y sus Cantatas

Santiago Lusardi Girelli

 

Jan-Dec
Cantata Series

Seville, Spain

BCW

International Bach Festival (Annual Festival)

Michael Gieler / Adriana Ilieva

2015

Mar-Apr

Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain & the Netherlands

BCW

Puerto de la Cruz Bach Festival

Mark Peters / Jordi Casas

2013-

Dec-Jan

Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

BCW

           

Sweden

         

Stockholms Bachsällskap

Katarina Bengtson

?

Oct-Jan (?)
Cantata Series

Stockhom, Sweden

BCW

           

Switzerland

         

Bachkantaten in der Predigerkirche

Markus Schwenkreis

2004-2012

Jan-Dec
Cantata Series

Basel, Switzerland

BCW

Bach Festival Bern

Manfred Langenegger

2005

Dec

Bern, Switzerland

 

Internationale Bach-Gesellschaft (IBG)

     

Switzerland

 

Intégrale des Cantates à Temple de la Madeleine

Stephan MacLeod

2005-

Dec-May
Cantata Series

Geneva, Switzerland

BCW

Festival Bach de Lausanne

Kei Koito

1998-

Oct-Nov

Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

BCW

Cantate de Parole

Jean-Daniel Hostettler

2001-

Oct-May
Cantata Series

Lausanne, Switzerland

BCW

Concerts J.S. Bach de Lutry

Bernadette Elöd

1957

Nov-Apr
Concert Series

Lutry, Vaud, Swtitzerland

BCW

J.S. Bach-Stiftung, St. Gallen

Rudolf Lutz

2006-

Jan-Dec
Cantata Series

St. Gallen & Trogen, Switzerland

BCW

Appenzeller Bachtage (Biennial Festival)

Rudolf Lutz

2014

Aug

Stein - Teufen - Trogen, Switzerland

BCW

Bach-Ensemble Luzern

Franz Schaffner

1980-

Sep-Jun
Cantata Series

Lucerne, Switzerland

 

Internationales Bachfest Schaffhausen

Thomas Feurer

1946-

May

Schaffhausen, Switzerland

BCW

Bach-Wochen Thun / Amsoldingen
Bach-Wochen Thun / Amsoldingen

Michael Dähler

 

Aug-Sep

Thun - Amsoldingen, Switzerland

BCW

Internationale Bach-Tage Zürich

Bernhard Hunziker

2009-

May-Jun

Zürich, Switzerland

BCW

Internationales Bach Fest Zürich

Conrad Zwicky

2007-

Mar-Apr, Sep, Jan

Zürich, Switzerland

BCW

           

Taiwan

         

Taipei Bach Festival

Dirk DuHei

2010

Mar

Taipei, Taiwan

BCW

Chamber Philharmonic Taipei: Cantata Project

Wilbur Lin

2011-

Jun-Jul

Taipei, Taiwan

BCW

           

Turkey

         

Bachfest Ankara

Sami Yenice, Bilge Küçükdoğan, Hasan Keleşoğlu

2014-

Jan-Dec
Concert Series

Ankara, Turkey

BCW

Bach İstanbul’da - Bach Günleri

Hakan Erdoğan

1998-

Sep-Nov

Istanbul, Turkey

BCW

Bach Before and After

Kudsi Erguner & Eric-Maria Couturier

2011-

Concert Series

Istanbul, Turkey

BCW

           

UK

         

Bach Network UK: J.S. Bach Dialogue Meetings

Ruth Tarlow

2004-

Not fixed

Various locations, UK

BCW

Bach Cantata Pilgrimage

John Eliot Gardiner

1999-2000

Dec-Dec
Cantata Series

Germany, UK, and other countries

 

Bath Bachfest

Amelia Freedman

1950-

Feb

Bath, England

BCW

Dorset Bach Cantata Club

Christopher Brown

1955-

Oct-May
Cantata Series

Dorset, England

BCW

English Bach Festival [N/A]

Lina Lalandi & Ralph Emery

1962-
2009

Spring/Summer

London, England

BCW

Lecosaldi Ensemble (Cantata Series)

Peter Lea-Cox

1981-1997

Jan-Dec

London, England

BCW

London Bach Festival

Margaret Steinitz

1990-

Oct-Nov

London, England

BCW

St Anne’s Bach Festival (Annual Festival)

Martin Knizia

1996-

Jul

London, England

BCW

Bach Vespers at St Anne's
Music-at-Hill: Bach Vespers (Cantata Series)

Martin Knizia

1976-

Jan-Dec

London, England

BCW

Oxford Bach Soloists

Tom Hammond-Davies

2017-

Jan-Dec
Cantata Series

Oxford, England

BCW

Royal Academy of Music - J.S. Bach: The Cantatas

Iain Ledingham

2008-

Cantata Series

London, England

BCW

Bach Cantatas at St Michael & All Angels

Sandy Burnett

1997-2010

May-Dec
Cantata Series

London, England

BCW

Southbank Centre: Bach Weekend

Martin Feinstein

???-

Mar

London, England

BCW

Martin Randall Travel: J.S. Bach Journey

Nicholas Kenyon

2004-

Apr-Jul

London, England to Thuringia & Saxony

BCW

Tilford Bach Festival

Laurence Cummings & Adrian Butterfield

1952-

May-Jun

Tilford & Farham, Surrey, England

BCW

           

Ukraine

         

Bach-fest Ukraine

Orest Koval

1993-

Sep

Sumy, Ukraine

BCW

           

USA

         

Juneau Bach Society

Bruce Simonson

1988-

Cantata Series

Juneau, AK, USA

BCW

Arizona Bach Festival

Scott Youngs

2010-

Jan

Phoenix, AZ, USA

BCW

Carmel Bach Festival

Bruno Weil

1935-

Jul-Aug

Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA, USA

BCW

Junior Bach Festival

Amy Brodo

1953-

Mar

Berkeley, CA, USA

BCW

Chico Bach Festival

 

2003-

Mar

Chico, CA, USA

BCW

Long Beach Bach Festival

Robert Istad

1973-

Mar

Long Beach, CA, USA

BCW

Los Angeles Bach Festival

Jonathan Talberg

1934-

Oct

Los Angeles, CA, USA

BCW

Southern California Junior Bach Festival

Mark Sullivan

1961-

Apr-Oct

Los Angeles, CA, USA

BCW

California Bach Festival

Paul Flight

1971-

May

Palo Alto, CA, USA

 

American Bach Solists Festival & Academy - San Francisco Summer Bach Festival

Jeffrey Thomas

2011-

Jul

San Francisco, CA, USA

BCW

Sacramento Bach Festival

Jack Miller

 

Mar

Sacramento, CA, USA

BCW

Sonora Bach Festival

Gail Johnson

1977-

Oct

Sonora, CA, USA

BCW

Whittier College J.S. Bach Festival

Ray Erickson

1938-

Mar-Apr

Whittier, CA, USA

BCW

Boulder Bach Festival

Robert Spillman

1981-

Feb-Mar

Boulder, CO, USA

BCW

Denver Bach Society BachFest [N/A]

Michael Shasberger

2000-

Feb-Mar

Denver, CO, USA

BCW

Colorado Bach Festival

JamKimhas

2014-

Jun

Denver & Fort Collins, CO, USA

BCW

Durango Bach Festival

C. Scott Hagler

 

Mar

Durango, CO, USA

BCW

St. Luke's Episcopal Church Bach Festival

Tamara Schmiege

1977-

Feb

Fort Collins, CO, USA

BCW

CONCORA Bach Festival

Richard M. Coffey

2014-

Mar

New Britain & Hartford d, CT, USA

BCW

Bach Festival of Central Florida

Gabriel C. Statom

1973-

Apr-Oct

Lakeland & Winter Haven, FL, USA

BCW

Sarasota-Mantee Bach Festival

Ann Stephenson-Moe

Mar

Sarasota, FL, USA

BCW

Bach Festival Society of Winter Park

John V. Sinclair

1935-

Feb-Mar

Winter Park, FL, USA

BCW

Spivey Hall Spring Bach Festival

   

Mar

Morrow, GA, USA

BCW

Iowa Bach Festival

Christine Rutledge

2009

Mar

Iowa City, IA, USA

BCW

Northern Iowa Bach Cantata Series

John Len Wiles

2011-

Sep-Apr
Cantata Series

Cedar Falls, IA, USA

BCW

Idaho Bach Festival

Michael Murphy

2011-

Oct

Moscow, ID, USA

BCW

Bach Cantata Series - Saint Luke Church

Mark Bangert

 

Sep-May
Cantata Series

Chicago, IL, USA

BCW

Chicago Bach Project

John Nelson

2011-

Apr

Chicago, IL, USA

BCW

Bach Week Festival in Evanston

Richard Webster

1974-

Apr-May

Evanston, IL, USA

BCW

Bachfest at Holy Cross Lutheran Church

Randy Casey

1999-

Mar

Libertyville, IL, USA

BCW

Peoria Bach Festival

Martin Dicke & John Jost

2003-

Jun

Peoria, IL, USA

BCW

Grace Lutheran Church: Bach Cantata Vespers

Rev. Michael D. Costello, Cantor

1971-

Sep-Nov, Jan-May
Cantata Series

River Forest, IL, USA

BCW

Bloomington Bach Cantata Project

Wendy Gillespie

2010-

Sep-Apr
Cantata Series

Bloomington, IN, USA

BCW

Valparaiso University Bach Choir

Christopher M. Cock

 

Oct-Apr
Cantata Series

Valparaiso, IN, USA

 

Bach Marathon

Clif Cason

2006-

Mar

Lexington, KY, USA

BCW

Emmanuel Music

John Harbison

1970-

Sep-May
Cantata Series

Boston, MA, USA

BCW

Cantata Singers

David Hoose

1964-

Oct-May
Concert Series

Boston, MA, USA

BCW

Boston Bach Birthday

Bálint Karosi & Pat Krol

2009-

Mar

Boston, MA, USA

BCW

Bach Cantata Series at Marsh Chapel

Scott Allen Jarrett

2007-

Sep-Feb
Cantata Series

Boston, MA, USA

BCW

Bach Concert Series in Baltimore

T. Herbert Dimmock

1989-

Oct-Jun
Cantata Series

Baltimore, MD, USA

BCW

Baltimore Bach Marathon

David R. Lawrie

1977-

Feb

Baltimore, MD, USA

BCW

University of Maryland: Bach Cantata Sertes

 

2012-

Oct-Jun

College Park, MD, USA

BCW

Blue Hill Bach

 

2011-

Jul-Aug

Blue Hill, ME, USA

BCW

Grand Rapids Bach Festival

Stephanie Wiltse

 

Mar-Apr

Grand Rapids, MI, USA

BCW

Bach Festival of Kalamazoo: Bach Festival Week

James Turner

1947-

May

Kalamazoo, MI, USA

BCW

Lexington Bach Festival

Don Th. Jaeger

2000-

Sep

Lexington, MI, USA

BCW

Exultate Bach Festival

Thomas D. Rossin

2002

Mar

Eagan, MN, USA

BCW

Bach Tage Mount Olive Lutheran Church

Director: Kathy Saltzman Romey

Years: 2007-; Month: Jun

Place" Minnesota, MN, USA | BCW Page

Bach at the Sem

Jeral Becker

1993-

Oct-Apr
Concert Series

St. Louis, MO, USA

BCW

Music at St Albans: BachFest

Henry Lebedinsky

2006-

Sep

Davidson, NC, USA

BCW

Starmount Presbyterian Church: Bach's Lunch

Robert Overman

1985

Mar

Greensboro, NC, USA

BCW

Nebraska Bach Festival [N/A]

David Spicer

1983, 1985

Mar-Apr

Linclon, NE, USA

BCW

Nebraska Bach Festival [N/A]

Richard Palmer

2003-

Mar

Omaha, NE, USA

BCW

Big Moose Bach Fest

Susan Ferré

2009-

Aug-Sep

Berlin, Gorham & Randolph, NH, USA

BCW

White Mountain Musical Arts - Bach Festival

Nancy DuCette Farris & Floyd Whittier Corson

1989-

Aug

North Conway, NH, USA

BCW

Saint Andrew’s Church: Bach Cantata Series

Michael T. Kevane

2014-

Jun
Cantata Series

Lambertville, NJ, USA

BCW

The St. John’s Bach Project (Official Website)

Michael Hix & Matthew Greer

2013-

Oct-Jun
Concert Series

Albuquerque, NM, USA

BCW

Hudson Valley BachFest

Laura Ramsey Russell

 

Aug

Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY, USA

BCW

Bach & Beyond Baroque Music Festival

Grant Cooper

1996-

Jun

Fredonia, NY, USA

BCW

Bach at One

Julian Wachner

2011-

Oct-Jun
Concert Series

New York City, NY, USA

BCW

Bach at Saint Peter's Festival

Thomas Schmidt

1993-

Sep-Oct

New York City, NY, USA

BCW

Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity

Rick Erickson

1968-

Oct- Jul
Cantata Series

New York City, NY, USA

BCW

Rochester Bach Festival [N/A]

David Hou

1955-2007

Sep-Jun

Rochester, NY, USA

BCW

Eastman School of Music: Cantata! A Bach Cantata Series

William Weinert

2013-

Sep-Mar
Cantata Series

Rochester, NY, USA

BCW

Bach Aria Festival and Institute [N/A]

Samuel Baron

1981-1997

Jun-Jul

Stony Brook, NY, USA

BCW

Kairos: A Consort of Singers - Bach Cantata Series

Edward Lundergan

2006-

Oct-Jun
Cantata Series

West Park, NY, USA

BCW

Baldwin-Wallace College Bach Festival

Dwight Oltman
Melvin P. Unger

1933-

Apr

Berea, OH, USA

BCW

Bluffton University Bach Festival

Mark Suderman

?

Mar

Bluffton, OH, USA

BCW

Cincinnati Bach Festival

Christopher Eanes

2014-

Mar

Cincinnati, OH, USA

BCW

Bach Collegium Series at Calvary Episcopal Church

Elliott Smith

2009-

Cantata Series

Cincinnati, OH, USA

BCW

Bachfest CWRU

   

Apr

Cleveland, OH, USA

BCW

The Bach Ensemble of St. Thomas: Bach Vespers Series

Carlton Monroe

2012-

Sep-May
Cantata Series

Terrace Park, OH, USA

BCW

Oregon Bach Festival

Helmuth Rilling

1970-

Jun-Jul

Eugene, OR, USA

BCW

Bach Cantata Vespers at St James [No Website]

Nancy Nickel

2005-

Sep-May
Cantata Series

Portland, OR, USA

BCW

Bach Cantata Choir

Ralph Nelson

2006-

Nov-Apr
Cantata Series

Portland, OR, USA

BCW

Abbey Bach Festival

Paschal Cheline

1972-

Jul

St. Benedict, OR, USA

BCW

Bethlehem Fach Festival

Greg Funfgeld

1900-

May

Bethlehem, PA, USA

BCW

Bach at Noon

Greg Funfgeld

 

Sep-Apr
Cantata Series

Bethlehem, PA, USA

BCW

Bach Festival of Philadelphia

Jonathan Sternberg

1976-

Mar

Philadelphia, PA, USA

BCW

NEPA Bach Festival

Steven Thomas

1984-

Mar

Scranton, PA, USA

BCW

Bach Festival of Charleston

JeeYoon Choi

2009-

Feb-Mar

Charleston, SC, USA

BCW

Bach Vespers at Second Presbyterian Church:

Gabriel Statom

2012

Aug
Cantata Series

Memphis, TN, USA

BCW

The University of Texas at Austin: Butler School of Music: Choral Program: Bach Cantata Project

John Len Wiles

2006-

Sep-Apr
Cantata Series

Austin, TX, USA

BCW

Bach Society Houston: Bach Vespers

Rick Erickson

1982-

Oct-Feb
Cantata Series

Houston, TX, USA

BCW

Lamb of God BachFest

Chris Winston

2004-

Oct

Flower Mound, TX, USA

BCW

Victoria Bach Festival

Craig Hella Johnson

1975-

Jun

Victoria, TX, USA

BCW

Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival

Kenneth Nafziger

1993-

Jun

Harrisonburg, VA, USA

BCW

The Advent Project

Richard Allen Roe

2011-

Concert Series

Vienna, VA, USA

BCW

Bach-Handel Festival

Steven Cooksey

2012-

Oct

Winchester, VA, USA

BCW

New England Bach Festival

Blanche Moyse

1969-

Oct

Brattleboro, VT, USA

BCW

Middlebury Bach Festival

Jeffrey Buettner

2011-

May

Middlebury, VT, USA

BCW

Lake Chelan Bach Fest

Dan Baldwin

1982-

Jul

Chelan, WA, USA

BCW

Northwest Bach Festival

Gunther Schuller

1978-

Jan-Feb

Spokane, WA, USA

BCW

Grace Church Bach Festival

Francine Maté

1993-

Jul

Washington DC, USA

BCW

Washington Bach Consort - Noontime Cantatas

J. Reilly Lewis

1988-

Oct-May
Cantata Series

Washington DC, USA

BCW

           

Other Pages in BCW:
World-wide Schedule of of Concerts of Bach’s vocal works
Links to Sites of Choral Groups & Instrumental Ensembles
Links to Sites of Bach Organizations & Societies
Bach Festivals & Cantata Series
Major Bach Events: 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014
Individual entries in Short Biographies

Other Websites:
On the traces of Johann Sebastian Bach - Information on festivals which include the music of Bach, e.g. Thuringian Bach Festivals
Johann Sebastian Bach > Festivals in the Yahoo! Directory
Google Directory - Arts > Music > Styles > Classical > Calendar > Festivals
Concert Organizations Links
MusiScope - Festivals
Links zu weiteren Bach-Festivals (Bach-Archiv Leipzig)
Early Music Festivals (NewOlde.com)

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Prepared by Aryeh Oron (May 2000 - June 2022)
Thanks to contributors: Martin Bendler (January 2006); Eduard van Hengel (January 2008); Hans J. Lam (Januaey 2009); Agnès Müller (May 2006); Henk Sengers (October 2006); Jaap Wiering (April 2006)


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