Bach Festivals & Cantata Series
Tallinna Bachi nimeline muusikafestival = Tallinn Bach Music Festival

Name:

Tallinna Bachi nimeline muusikafestival = Tallinn Bach Music Festival

Location:

Talinn, Estonia

Venues:

Niguliste Church
St. John's Church

Years:

Since 2012 (Annual Festival)

Months:

January

Artistic Director:

Artistic Director: Professor Andres Uibo (2012-Present)
Organiser: Ars Musica Estonica
Major sponsor: Cultural Heritage Department of Tallinn
Partners: Eesti Kontsert; Art Museum of Estonia

Ensembles:

V/A

Website:

Talinn Bach Music Festival (Eesti Muusika Festivalid) [Estonian/English]
Tallinna Bachi nimeline muusikafestival (Ars Musica Estonica) [Estonian]
Tallinna Bachi nimeline muusikafestival on Facebook

History & Mission:

The Tallinn Bach Music Festival has grown from the series of daily organ concerts which are held during the 1^st week of January in the Tallinn Niguliste museum (Church of St. Nicholas). The festival has become a tradition and an original, warm and beautiful New Year's greeting of Tallinn to all the inhabitants and visitors of our capital.
During the 2^nd Tallinn New Year's Festival in 2013, 13 different concerts were held. More than 20 soloists among which were Andres Uibo, Ulla Krigul, Ene Salumäe, Denis Kasparovitch, Andres Mustonen, Mari-Liis Uibo, Arvo Leibur, Kädy Plaas, Anto Õnnis, Ka Bo Chan, Tõnis Kaumann, Aarne Ots, Oksana Sinkova, Olev Ainomäe and others performed on these concerts. The famous Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under direction of conductor Daniel Reuss (Holland) and foreign guest-organists Edouard Oganessian (France) and Peter Van Dijk (Holland) took part in this Festival.
The concerts program presented different works of J.S. Bach: organ, instrumental, orchestral, choral and vocal works.

The 4^th Tallinn Bach Music Festival will take place on January 1-7, 2015. For the fourth time, Tallinn will celebrate The New Year’s with the sounds of J.S. Bach, the great German composer.
A total of 16 different concerts are taking place during the 4^th Tallinn Bach Music Festival. More than 30 famous musicians among which are Andres Uibo, Ulla Krigul, Denis Kasparovitch, Aare-Paul Lattik, Peter van Dijk (Holland), Edouard Oganessian (France) ja Roman Perucki (Poland), Lembit Orgse, Mari-Liis Uibo ja Arvo Leibur, Kady Plaas, Ka Bo Chan, Anto Õnnis, Tonis Kaumann, Oksana Sinkova, orchestra "Glasperlenspiel Sinfonietta" and others will perform on these concerts. Conductor - Toomas Vavilov.
Organ, orchestra, vocal and instrumental works, was well as choral music and Christmas and New Year’s cantatas by J.S. Bach will be performed at the concert.

Recent Festivals:

1^st Festival: Jan 1-7, 2012
2^nd Festival: Jan 1-7, 2013
3^rd Festival: Jan 1-7, 2014
4^th Festival: Jan 1-7, 2015
5^th Festival: Jan 1-7, 2016

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