EARLY MUSIC DAY

Early Music Day is a celebration of more than a millennium of music, through concerts, events, and happenings taking place simultaneously across Europe. It is held every year on 21 March.

ORGANISED BY REMA
EUROPEAN EARLY MUSIC NETWORK

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2025 | Edition #13

13 years ago, REMA picked 21 March, first day of Spring and birth date of Johann Sebastian Bach, as a date to celebrate Early Music as a major common heritage in Europe: from the invention of Gregorian chant to the active community of the early XXI century, we share more than a thousand year of musical culture and practices! On Thursday 21 March 2025, we invite you to renew the experience with us, by organising your own event or simply by enjoying the many contributions from all over the world!

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STATEMENT BY OUR AMBASSADOR

Find out what inspires Franziska Fleischanderl, 2025 Ambassador, about Early Music Day.

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Ambassadors

FRANZISKA FLEISCHANDERL

2025

Franziska Fleischanderl was born in Linz in 1983. At the age of four she fell...

DOROTHEE OBERLINGER

2024

Dorothee Oberlinger is today one of the most highly acclaimed exponents of...

AMANDINE BEYER

2023

Amandine Beyer is the ambassador of the 2023 edition of Early Music Day: the...

CARLO VISTOLI

2022

Carlo Vistoli is one of the most promising singers of his generation, thanks...

OLGA PASHCHENKO

2021

Olga Pashchenko is one of today’s most versatile performers on the keyboard,...

RACHEL PODGER

2020

Rachel Podger, the unsurpassed British glory of the baroque violin,” (The...

JEAN RONDEAU

2019

Jean Rondeau studied harpsichord with Blandine Verlet for over ten years,...

SKIP SEMPÉ

2018

Skip Sempé, virtuoso harpsichordist, director and founder of Capriccio...

RENÉ JACOBS

2017

René Jacobs was born in 1946 in Ghent, Belgium. He began singing in Ghent...

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