A guide to classical music festivals in Germany

Summer in Leipzig

Gewandhaus Orchester at the Rheingau Musik Festival

Il trovatore at Munich Opera Festival 2024

Tristan und Isolde at Bayreuth

Stegreif Orchester at Musikfest Berlin

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Das Rheingold at Baden-Baden

Festival performance at Dresden Kreuzkirche

By Bachtrack, 12 July 2024

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Kevin W Ng, 6th February

With a contract at Berlin’s Komische Oper extended to 2030, conductor James Gaffigan is soon to take up the music directorship at Houston Grand Opera from 2027. We talk about how he does it all...

Two rediscovered organ works by JS Bach performed in Leipzig

Bachtrack, 18th November

The two newly attributed pieces lay overlooked in manuscript form, until researcher Peter Wollny was able to firmly identify them as being by a 20-year-old JS Bach.

Theater Regensburg wins Best Opera House 2025

Bachtrack, 6th November

As the winner of the 2025 Best Opera House award, Bavaria's biggest multi-genre theatre, Theater Regensburg, will host the Oper! Awards in 2026.

Music is “better than sex” says Dresden Music Festival

Bachtrack, 12th June

An experiment at the Dresden Music Festival has shown that the “love hormone” oxytocin increases more during a concert experience than during physical proximity.

Celebrating 25,000 reviews on Bachtrack

David Karlin, 28th May

Bachtrack’s 25,000th review marks 15 years of global classical music and dance coverage. Discover in-depth, professionally edited reviews in multiple languages from 37 countries – and tip your hat to our wonderful editors and reviewers.

Kazuki Yamada appointed chief at Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Bachtrack, 29th April

The sought-after current music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra will adopt this new role in Berlin from the 2026–27 season.

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