A new exhibition room within the permanent exhibition will be opening at our organisation’s museum on 21 March 2017: this exhibition area will feature books that were owned by Johann Sebastian Bach and Continue reading
Neue Bachgesellschaft Executive Board Re-elected
27. February 2017In the context of its meeting at the Bachhaus Eisenach, the Neue Bachgesellschaft Board of Directors re-elected the association’s Executive Board. The current Chairman, Continue reading
Our 2017 Projects
1. February 2017Last year we successfully implemented our project “Bach Academy in the Ukraine” and made it possible for six Ukrainian Bach Academy colleagues to attend the Bach Festival in Dresden. In 2017 we would like to Continue reading
Our Organisation’s 6th Bach Academy Comes to a Successful Close
21. November 2016Last Thursday the 6th Bach Academy in the Ukraine ended with four concerts at three venues and an Continue reading
Bach Festival Ansbach 2017 Programme Booklets Coming Soon
3. November 2016In the next few days we will be sending out the freshly printed programme booklets for our organisation’s 92nd Bach Festival, which is planned for 28 July to 6 August 2017 during the event Bachwoche Ansbach. It will be the second time since 1954 that our Festival was held in Ansbach, a former Continue reading
Bach Enthusiasts from Donetsk Attend the Bach Festival Dresden
6. October 2016Six Ukrainian colleagues who have helped organise our Bach Academies in the Ukraine accepted an invitation from the Neue Bachgesellschaft to attend the Bach Festival in Dresden. The main focus of their visit was on concerts and church services featuring the music of Continue reading
News from the General Assembly 2016
29. September 2016This year’s General Assembly was held in the auditorium of the Evangelisches Kreuzgymnasium during the Bach Festival in Dresden. More than 80 members attended and were Continue reading
Special Exhibition “Luther, Bach – and the Jews” at the Bachhaus Eisenach
8. July 201624 June to 6 November 2016
This year’s special exhibition at the Bachhaus Eisenach guides visitors through an exploration of Jewish history in relation to Luther and Bach: from Luther’s Continue reading
South Sacristy of the St Thomas Church Christened “Petzoldt Sacristy”
20. June 2016Yesterday, the previously unnamed south sacristy of the St Thomas Church (Thomaskirche) in Leipzig Continue reading
Gotthold Schwarz Appointed Thomas Cantor
10. June 2016Yesterday, the Leipzig City Council appointed Gotthold Schwarz to the office of Thomas Cantor. He will be the 17th Thomas Cantor since Johann Sebastian Bach. Continue reading