FESTIVAL BACH MONTRÉAL

Exceptional ensembles from Québec have taken active role in the festival over the years: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal with Kent Nagano, Orchestre Métropolitain conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Arion Baroque Orchestra, Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal, Pallade Musica, Ensemble Masque, Les Violons du Roy, Suzie LeBlanc, Clavecin en concert, and many more.

Again this year we will celebrate the Night of Choirs and our "Bach Incognito" concert for younger Bach fans will be on the concert program. The Festival Orchestra will go on tour after the opening concert on November 17, with none other than the legendary Reinhard Goebel and the German/Iranian pianist Schaghajegh Nosrati. We highly recommend each and every one of our concerts and if you have any questions about the program please do not hesitate to contact us, we will be happy to assist you.

Come and visit us at the Off-Festival Bach taking place at the same time as the main stage festival. All events at the Off-Bach are free of charge. Please check our website and social networks regularly for the latest news.

Take space for the mind, soul and imagination and enjoy the timeless compositions of J.S. Bach, his trailblazers, colleagues and successors during our Bach Festival 2023. For "music is the true, living history of mankind, of which we otherwise have only dead parts." - Elias Canetti

On behalf of the entire team, I wish you an exciting festival and fulfilling concerts,

Alexandra Scheibler
Founder and Artistic Director


Alexandra Scheibler founded the Bach-Academie de Montréal in 2003 and has been artistic director of Festival Bach Montréal since 2007. She was awarded a Master’s degree and a Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Hamburg with a dissertation on religious aspects in Leonard Bernstein’s life and work. She was employed in various German public broadcasters in classical music departments as well acting as assistant director for several productions at the State Opera Bern in Switzerland. As a freelance author Alexandra Scheibler wrote radio features and programme notes. In Cologne and Hamburg, she studied violin and viola and played in numerous orchestras and chamber music ensembles under such conductors as Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Frank Beerman and Alun Francis.

In October 2019 the President of the Federal Republic of Germany awarded the Order of Merit (Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande) to Alexandra Scheibler.