Florence will become a great “sound board” of Bach, where will converge from all over Europe “all those of Bach”. Music, film and meetings about the German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist.
The World-Bach Fest is an event created by the virtual network, that is, from JS Bach’s Facebook Group, and implemented in a real sense of “Bach’s Woodstock” thanks to an idea by Ramin Bahrami and Mario Ruffini.
The festival will be opened at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (Friday, March 9 at 9 pm) and continue for the Saturday and Sunday in the Salone dei Cinquecento in Palazzo Vecchio and the Cinema Odeon, with a non-stop music 48 hours (Saturday 10 and Sunday, March 11). Even at night you can live with Bach: the Palazzo Vecchio for the “night music of Bach”, the Theater and Cinema Odeon for films of Bach. Free entry for all events.
Bach’s abilities as an organist were highly respected throughout Europe during his lifetime, although he was not widely recognised as a great composer until a revival of interest and performances of his music in the first half of the 19th century. He is now generally regarded as one of the main composers of the Baroque style, and as one of the greatest composers of all time.