In 2025, the BACH BIENNALE WEIMAR launches a new format for masterclasses!

MusicMosaic is a completely new course format for early music: it allows the integration of dance, theatre, literature, architecture, and other disciplines in a concentrated form for all course participants, as an essential basis for musical practice. This year’s theme is: “Music, Dance and Stage around 1600 – in the footsteps of Palladio, Monteverdi and Galileo”

 
Course in Weimar (D): July 15–23, 2025
Course in Vicenza (I): September 4–12, 2025

 
All course information HERE

 
All basic information for participants of the masterclasses can be found HERE (MusicMosaic flyer)

Teatro della musica
Music, Dance and Stage around 1600 – in the footsteps of Palladio, Monteverdi and Galileo

 
Masterclasses:
Solo singing, madrigal choir, gesture; dance, dance music and stagecraft; chamber music, consort, mixed ensembles, short individual lessons on ensemble repertoire.

The Course Concept

MusicMosaic is a course format that aims to fill a gap in the traditional training of early music.
It offers a concentrated integration of dance, theatre, literature, architecture, and other disciplines as essential foundations for musical practice, accessible to all participants.
In 2025, the focus will be on the theme “Music, Dance and Stage around 1600 – in the footsteps of Palladio, Monteverdi and Galileo”, exploring a pivotal period in European music.
This era, marked by radical innovations across the arts and sciences at the turn of the 17th century, continues to shape artistic expression to this day.

 
The individual courses are structured as modules. Each course can be taken independently and forms a coherent unit in itself. At the same time, all three courses and their modules create a meaningful whole. Through recurring themes and repertoire with subtle, diverse variations, and thanks to the exceptional course locations that resonate with the themes, MusicMosaic enables a rich and coherent learning experience.
Participation in the final performances is an integral part of the courses.

All basic information for participants of the masterclasses can be found HERE (MusicMosaic flyer)

 
Details about the idea and concept behind the new masterclass format MusicMosaic can be found HERE