SALON LUITPOLD & Bachfest | Streifzug durch die Biographie von Johann Sebastian Bach mit Dirigent Hansjörg Albrecht

In the organizer's words:

Hansjörg Albrecht is one of the few artists who are regularly present internationally both as a conductor and as a concert organist. As a conductor, he is internationally recognized above all as a passionate specialist for Bach and the opulent music of the 18th century, but as an all-round musician he consistently goes his own way - between archive and new creation, with an extensive repertoire ranging from Bruckner, Wagner, Mahler and Strauss to Olivier Messiaen, numerous world premieres and a penchant for forgotten composers such as the Bach sons, Hans Rott, Walter Braunfels and Mieczysław Weinberg. With his organ transcriptions, he established himself as a specialist among the virtuosos of his instrument. Albrecht succeeded the legendary Karl Richter as conductor of the Munich Bach Choir and the Munich Bach Orchestra from 2005 to 2023 and led the ensemble to new international fame with an extensive concert schedule. In addition, Albrecht was Principal Guest Conductor at the Teatro Petruzzelli Bari from 2021-2023.

Since the 2023/24 season, he has been Artistic Director of the Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Academy Hamburg as well as the choir of the same name and the annual International Bach Festival Hamburg, working to establish Hamburg as an International Bach City and to build a new platform for the Sturm und Drang music of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and his brothers. He has also worked for many years with the San Carlo Opera House in Naples, the Russian Chamber Orchestra in Moscow, the Staatskapelle Weimar and the Hamburg and Munich Symphony Orchestras.

His concert activities have taken him to music centers such as London, Paris, Amsterdam, Vienna, Berlin, Prague, Rome, Moscow, Tokyo, Beijing and New York, where he regularly works with internationally renowned artists and orchestras - currently including Jan Vogler, Christian Gerhaher, Michael Volle, Sergei Nakarjakov, Reinhold Friedrich, Lucas & Arthur Jussen, Mikhail Pletnev and Andrea Lucchesini, orchestras such as the Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra, the Staatskapelle Halle, the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, the Hangzhou and Suzhou Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana Palermo, the Orchestra della Fondazione Arena di Verona, the Dresdner Kapellsolisten as well as original sound ensembles such as the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Concerto Köln, NDR Barock, the Dresden Festival Orchestra, the Handel Festival Orchestra Halle and the Lautten Compagney Berlin.

Hansjörg Albrecht is a member of the board of directors of the Neue Bach-Gesellschaft Leipzig. He is also Artistic Director of the International Online Organ Festival (IOOF), which will be held worldwide for the first time in 2022 under the patronage of UNESCO, and the 99th Bach Festival of the Neue Bach-Gesellschaft 2025 in Munich.

Price information:

Salon Musique 19,90€ SALON Nibbles: 19,90€ SALON Etagere: 29,90€ SALON Menu: 52,00€ with wine accompaniment: 67,00€ Furthermore we allow students and children under 16 years to buy reduced tickets with proof.