Edition 2025
Early Music Day takes place every year on 21 March, at the initiative of REMA. This celebration of more than a thousand years of music, through concerts and events taking place simultaneously around the world, is an opportunity for Europeans to (re)discover our musical heritage!

21/03/2025 20:30 CET
Concerto di Quaresima On-site
Conservatorio di Musica G. Verdi di Milano ItalyParrocchia della Sacra Famiglia in Rogoredo, Via Monte Peralba, 15, 20138 Milano
- Ensemble of the Milan Conservatory
- Davide Iurilli, harpsichord master
- Curated by Anna Fontana and Noelia Reverte Reche

21/03/2025 18:00 CET
The words of ecstasy: Catherine of Siena - between words, mysticism and politics On-site
Istituto Veritatis Splendor ItalyArt Museum Raccolta Lercaro, Via Riva di Reno, 55 , 40122 Bologna
- Mirko Virginio Volpe: cythara, lyre, chant
- Silvia Kuro: chant, recitant voice, bells, drums
- Matteo Brusa: citole
- Alessandra Lazzarini: medieval transverse flutes

21/03/2025 19:30 CET
Concert of the ensemble week, direction Catherine Motuz and Frithjof Smith On-site
Schola Cantorum Basiliensis SwitzerlandPredigerkirche Basel, Totentanz 19, 4056 Basel

20/03/2025 18:00 CET
Öppen Scen - Open Scene On-site
Svenska Kyrkan Höörs församling SwedenHöörs Kyrka, Skolgatan 8, 24330

22/03/2025 20:00 CET
Machaut turning in his grave On-site
Cite Musical Metz FranceArsenal, Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains, 1 rue de la Citadelle Metz, 57000 Metz
- Olivier de Sagazan, performance
- Anna Danilevskaia, vielle and direction
- Carine Tinney, Tim Braithwaite, triplum
- Sophia Faltas, Roman Melish, motetus
- Lior Leibovici, Jonatan Alvarado, tenor
- Jacob Lawrence, Victor Sordo, contra-tenor
- Roger Helou, organetto

25/03/2025 16:00 CET
First CD Recording by Cohaere thanks to S-EEEmerging Project On-site
Centre culturel de rencontre d'Ambronay FranceChapelle des Soieries Bonnet, Chapelle des Soieries Bonnet, Jujurieux
- Marta Gawlas, historical transverse flutes
- Marta Korbel, historical violin
- Monika Hartmann, historical cello
- Natalia Olczak, harpsichord, historical keyboards

21/03/2025 08:00 AEDT (20/03/2025 22:00 CET)
'Early Music Downunder Playlist 2025 launch' Online
Jenny Eriksson AustraliaOsborne Ave, 2112 Putney

23/03/2025 11:00 CET (23/03/2025 11:00 CET)
"L'amor donna ch'io te porto" On-site
Associazione Mozart Lecce ItalyMuseo Provinciale "Sigismondo Castromediano", Viale Gallipoli, 31, 73100 Lecce
- Vania Palumbo: Singing, Percussion
- Michele Tricarico: Recorder flutes
- Maurizio Ria: Viola da gamba
- Angela Lacalamita: Lute
- Giovanna Tricarico: Harpsichord

23/03/2025 18:00 CET (23/03/2025 18:00 CET)
Missa di Requiem Online
Pietà de' Turchini Foundation Italyhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/Zng2EYhz4oRCaC5p6, 80132 Naples
Coro Exultate
- Antonella Borrelli, Luigia Gargiulo*, Giovanna Moccia, Paola Pierno - Canto 1
- Antonella Ausanio, Rosa Ciaramella, Emerenziana Guido*, Lia Scognamiglio - Canto 2
- Paola Ciranni, Tiziana De Bellis, Marina Vagnoni*, Davide Troìa* - Alto
- Domenico Cardone, Angelo Chianese, Gennaro Di Bonito, Leopoldo Punziano* - Tenors
- Gianluca Avolio, Massimo Di Giovanni, João Fatela, Alfonso Oliva* - Basses
- * solo voices
- choirmaster Davide Troìa
Schola Gregoriana of the Pietà de' Turchini
- Eduardo Campos de Dios, Jesus Ivan Flores Nuñez, Davide Franco, Alejandro Garcia, Edgardo Piña Macias, Antonio Sembiante, Roy Touma, Wiktor Wojcik - singers
- maestro Lanfranco Menga
Talenti Vulcanici
- Daria Spiridonova, Giuseppe Grieco - violins
- Pietro Massa - viola
- Marcello Scandelli - cello
- Giorgio Sanvito - doublebass
- Pierfrancesco Borrelli - organ
- Stefano Demicheli - conductor
musicological expertise by Paologiovanni Maione
transcriptions by Enrico Gramigna

21/03/2025 18:00 CET
Polish Music for violin and Cello in the 19th century On-site
Polish Composers of the 19th Century PolandMuzeum Diecezjalne, ul. Książąt Opolskich 44, 46-020 Opole
- Joanna Kreft - Historical Violin
- Matylda Adamus - Historical Cello

23/03/2025 15:00 CET
Ma Non Troppo, Chanson nouvelle On-site
Rencontres Internationales de musique ancienne en Trégor France3 rue du château, salle Steredenn, 22420 Lanvellec
Italian and English Music from the Middle Ages and Some Contemporary Resonances
Singing, bowed vielles
800 years ago, in 1220, Francis of Assisi stepped down from leading the order he had founded, shedding the trappings of power to draw closer to a nature he cherished as divine creation. Who knows if he was a musician? Yet, he inspired a new popular song, in the Umbrian language, which flourished throughout the century around Assisi and Cortona.
At the same time, west of the English Midlands, Worcester Cathedral stood out as a liturgical center with influence across the kingdom. Unlike the French, the English did not make unnecessary distinctions between scholarly and popular music. Composer Gavin Bryars (best known for his minimalist work) offers a kind of mirrored reflection of these two traditions, drawing inspiration from both the refinement of medieval English music up to John Dunstable and the simplicity of the Laudario di Cortona.
Laudes from the Cortona Laudario, reinterpreted by Gavin Bryars (2003).
Excerpts from English manuscripts from the 13th and 14th centuries.
- Camille Aubret – singing, bowed vielle
- Emmanuelle Huteau – singing
- Elsa Papatanasios – singing
- Daniela Maltrain – singing, bowed vielle
- Camille Rancière – singing, bowed vielle

01/04/2025 19:00 EEST (01/04/2025 18:00 CEST)
Anna Magdalena Bach Notenbüchlein (1725) On-site
Estonian Baroque Orchestra (EEBO) EstoniaMustpeade maja, Pikk 26, 10133 Tallinn
Estonian Baroque Orchestra
Andrew Lawrence-King, musical director

21/03/2025 19:00 CET
Monteverdi: Presentation of the *L'Orfeo* project in partnership with the Cité des Arts On-site
Ensemble Arianna & Marie Paule Nounou FranceMaison des Chœurs, Place Albert 1er, 34090 Montpellier
Open rehearsals as part of the partnership between Ensemble Arianna and the Cité des Arts of Montpellier. Free entry, subject to availability.
- Direction: Marie-Paule Nounou and Jean-Philippe Zielinski
- Cast: Students from the Voice and Early Music Departments of the Cité des Arts
Ars Vocalis (Vocal Arts Division of Ensemble Arianna)

22/03/2025 19:00 CET
Le Mercure (pas) galant, Italian rivalries at the court of the Sun King On-site
HARMONIA SACRA FranceLe Phénix, Scène Nationale Valenciennes, Boulevard Harpignies , 59301 Valenciennes
Ensemble Il Buranello
- Stéphanie Revillion, soprano
- Zeljko Manic, harpsichord

18/03/2025 20:30 GMT (18/03/2025 21:30 CET)
Rune - Decameron Musicale On-site
Leamington Music United KingdomSt Mary's Church, Warwick, Old Square, CV34 4RA Warwick
- Angela Hicks, soprano
- Daniel Thomson, tenor
- Jean Kelly, harp
- May Robertson, vielle
- Daniel Scott, recorders & portative organ

21/03/2025 18:30 CET
El Conservatori de Menorca celebra el Dia de la Música Antiga! On-site
Conservatori Professional de Música de Menorca and Joventuts Musicals d'Alaior SpainConcert, Carrer des Banyer s/n, 07730 Alaior

21/03/2025 20:00 GMT (21/03/2025 21:00 CET)
The Gesualdo Six: Queen of Hearts On-site
Portsmouth Early Music Festival United KingdomPortsmouth Cathedral, Portsmouth Cathedral, High Street, PO1 2HH Portsmouth

21/03/2025 19:00 CET
Concert des professeurs des conservatoires à rayonnement départemental de Narbonne et Béziers Méditerranée On-site
Les Muses en Dialogue & le Réseau des Conservatoires Occitanie Méditérranée FranceEglise Saint-Vincent-de-Saragosse, Place de l'église, 34490 Lignan sur Orb

22/03/2025 15:00 CET
Concert by the professors of the Early Music Department of the Perpignan Regional Conservatory of Music (Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional). On-site
Les Muses en Dialogue & Professeurs du DMA du Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Perpignan FranceMusée d'art Hyacinthe Rigaud, 21 Rue Mailly, 66000 Perpignan
Professors of the Early Music Department of the Perpignan Regional Conservatory of Music

22/03/2025 12:58 CET
El Jardín de las Delicias On-site
All'Antica Musika SpainAuditorio Clara Campoamor Barakaldo, Gernikako Arbola Etorbidea, 41, 48902 Barakaldo, Bizkaia, 48902 Barakaldo
It is an interdisciplinary project that combines music, theater, dance, and audiovisuals, in such a way that, in the style of a zarzuela, we intersperse music and dance with theatrical scenes. Regarding the music, we perform various Spanish and Latin American pieces, both vocal and instrumental, from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries.
On the theatrical side, we tell the story of the death of King Philip II through his final thoughts, memories, and interactions with the characters of Death and the ghosts of his wives. All of this unfolds as he gazes at the painting The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch, which the king himself had ordered to be placed at his deathbed.
Throughout the performance, the king journeys through the painting, drawing parallels between various details of the artwork and his own reflections. Likewise, each musical piece we perform is somehow connected to the monarch's thoughts and emotions and to the various details of the painting.
- Jorge Santos Pérez, actor - Philip II
- Laiene Alcalá, soprano - Death
- Venezia Grifell, dancer - Wives of Philip II
- Diego Parra, violin
- David Sáez, recorders
- Silvia Cantatore, viola da gamba
- Teresa Merino, theorbo
- Elvira Pujol, harpsichord
- Adrian Santamaría, percussion