FESTIVAL EUROPÄISCHE NOTENSPUREN: Babel Bach - Poesie trifft Barockmusik

In the organizer's words:

In the winter of 1705, the then 20-year-old Johann Sebastian Bach undertook a journey of more than 400 kilometers on foot from Arnstadt to Lübeck to meet the greatest organist in northern Germany: Dietrich Buxtehude. Based on this famous episode, which undoubtedly represented both a spiritual and artistic quest for the young man, the three poets Simone Savogin (Italy), Josephine von Blütenstaub (Leipzig) and Mehdi Krüger (France), together with the French musicians Franck-Emmanuel Comte (harpsichord), Aude Walker-Viry (cello) and Tiko (human beatbox), developed a stage show that combines the music of Johann Sebastian Bach with poetic texts in German, Italian and French.

Inspired by Johann Sebastian Bach's artistic journey, the poets - each in their own mother tongue - explore an inner journey. Mehdi Krüger says of the project: "As in the river of life, we sail through storms of fear and clouds of doubt, carried by the waves of baroque music, in search of self-acceptance. Babel Bach is a meeting of languages on Franck-Emmanuel Comte's bridge to Bach."

The Europäische Notenspuren festival showcases Leipzig's musical heritage in its European interconnections: Composers and musicians who lived, studied, worked and influenced European musical life through their work in Leipzig are placed in the spotlight and illuminated and reinterpreted in a multifaceted way in combination with other art forms. This year's festival marks the culmination of a three-year creative period of Notenspur Leipzig e.V. with cultural partner institutions from France and Italy, the results of which are reflected in the individual program components. You can look forward to exciting events and different art forms centered around Johann Sebastian Bach! We are not only combining poetry with baroque music, but also hip-hop and breakdance. We are particularly looking forward to the 18 early music students from France, Italy and Germany, who will be playing works by Bach with a French influence together as the Bach Academy Orchestra, and to our traveling exhibition "The Art of Movement in the Baroque", which - freshly returned from Italy and France - will be stopping off in Leipzig before going on tour again.

Price information:

Full: 12€, Reduced 8€, Sponsorship price: 15€