Hagen a.T.W., Germany
Grammy-winning Estonian ensemble Vox Clamantis opens Musica Viva with a programme stretching from Gregorian chant through Machaut to Arvo Pärt - seven centuries of choral music in one evening.
Musica Viva explores the remarkable year of 1726, pairing three solo cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach with a cantata by his relative Johann Ludwig Bach, performed by four soloists and the period ensemble L'Arpa festante.
Hamburg's Ensemble Resonanz and composer-conductor Enno Poppe bring together Bach's solo suites and works by Shaw, Dessner, and Poppe for sixteen string voices at Musica Viva.
Singer Pur, Opus Klassik laureates, close the Musica Viva 2026 festival with a programme dedicated to women composers across nearly a thousand years of music history.
