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!

22/03/2025 18:00 CET
Pierre Gaultier and the birth of opera in Marseille On-site
Alessandra FranceAuditorium du Musée d'histoire de la Ville de Marseille, 2 rue Henri Barbusse, 13001 Marseille
In 1685, Pierre Gaultier obtained Lully's permission to open the very first provincial opera house. From then on, opera became a Marseilles institution, central to the musical and cultural life of an entire region. Based on instrumental works by Gaultier, Concerto Soave has built a program around French opera of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Lully is obviously present, but also Campra and Mouret, immense opera composers born in our region.
- Concerto Soave
- Gabrielle Varbetian, soprano
- Romain Bockler, baritone
- Federica Basilico, Charlotte Gerbitz, violins
- Marine Rodallec, cello
- Jean-Marc Aymes, harpsichord and conductor

21/03/2025 17:00 CET
Semele Online
Associazione Hendel ItalyMuseo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo Da Vinci, Via San Vittore 21, 20123 Milan
- Emilia Bertolini, Ino
- Federica Napoletani, Cadmus
- Piermarco Vinas, Athamas
- Angelo Testori, Jupiter
- Giacomo Nanni, Juno
- Jiayu Jin, Iris
- Maria Chiara Ardolino, Somnus
- Francesco Masilla, Apollo
- Francesco Masilla, Chief Priest
- Alessandro Ravasio, 2nd Priest and 1st Augur
- Emanuele Bianchi, 3rd Priest and 2nd Augur
- Matteo Magistrali
LA PRIMAVERA DE LA RISONANZA
- Ryo Terakado, Matteo Rozzi, Gabriele Cervia, Ruiqui Ren, I-Chun, Stefano Gerard – violins
- Elena Gelmi – viola
- Viktor Töpelmann, Agnieszka Oszanca – cellos
- Guisella Massa – violone
- Menglin Gao, Giorgia Zanin – theorbo
- Fabio Bonizzoni – harpsichord and conductor

21/03/2025 20:00 CET
Renaissance à gogo, tous les hits du XVIe siècle On-site
Les Rendez-Vous de Musique Ancienne - Ensemble Céladon France16 rue des Chartreux, 69001 Lyon
On stage, a bizarre instrument: the clavicytherium (a kind of small vertical harpsichord), its imperturbable keyboardist, a counter-tenor who is also master of the game, and a 12-sided die, each of which corresponds to a piece of music. Renaissance à gogo is a fun way to learn about 16th-century music! So, shall we play?
- Paulin Bündgen, countertenor and artistic director
- Caroline Huynh Van Xuan, clavichytherium

30/03/2025 18:15 CEST
Daheim bei Milán & Galilei On-site
ReRenaissance – Forum for Early Music SwitzerlandHaus zum Kirschgarten, Historical Museum Basel, Elisabethenstrasse 27, 4051 Basel
Journey through mini lute concerts in a Basel mansion! The “queen of instruments” inspired renowned virtuosos such as Luys de Milán and Vincenzo Galilei, both of whom celebrate anniversaries in 2025.
- Julian Behr – lute
- Xavier Latorre – lute
- Orí Harmelin – lute
- Marc Lewon – lute; direction

23/03/2025 17:00 CET
Masterpieces from the time of Jean-Jacques Rousseau On-site
Kammerata Luxembourg LuxembourgSt. Hubert Church in Merscheid (Putscheid), Luxembourg, 1-4 Wellerwee, 9380 Mierschent Pëtscht
Ensemble Kammerata Luxembourg:
- Raffaella Bortolini, baroque oboe
- Isabel Van Grysperre, baroque violin
- Borbala Janitsek, viola da gamba
- Fons Van der Linden, harpsichord

22/03/2025 15:30 CET
Le basson avec Kaori Yokoyama On-site
Le Musée des instruments à vent France2 rue d'Ivry, 27750 La Couture-Boussey
Musician Kaori Yokoyama invites you to discover her unique collection of bassoons. She will trace the history of the bassoon and invite you to listen to this instrument with sounds as powerful as they are gentle. Did you know? In the musical tale “Peter and the Wolf”, the bassoon plays the grandfather.
Kaori Yokoyama, bassoonist

21/03/2025 20:00 CET
Early music concert On-site
Conservatoire de Châtenay-Malabry France2 rue du Lavoir, 92290 Châtenay-Malabry
Programme with the Conservatoire choir and the early music orchestra based on De Lalande's ‘De Profundis’.
Vocalitas Choir, Helios Orchestra

18/03/2025 16:00 CET (18/03/2025 16:00 CET)
Neapolitan early music day Online
Francesco Nocerino ItalySalita Pontecorvo, 72, 80135 Napoli
Castiello Sofia, Tesone Maria Barbara, Yana Chukhrovska, Notaro Giovanni, De Vito Gaia, Santonicola Gabriele, Teleno Silvana, Serino Chiara, Dini Ciacci Luna, Giordano Viviana, Negri Alessia, Tramontana Emilianna, Pacilio Ilaria, Pollice Aurora Marie, Napoletano Giada, Varriale Alfredo, Sacco Adele, Scicchitano Miriam, Di Maria Viviana, Rossetti Flavia, Succoia Maria Teresa, Capuano Liliana, Russo Giuliano, Enrika Feola, Capocotta Valerio, Rimonti Zara Carolina, Botosineanu Elisa, Nastych Anna.
Teachers:
- Amato Angela (violin)
- Caiazza Ida (singing)
- Catarci Katia (harp)
- Durantino Giorgio (percussion)
- Nocerino Francesco (organ, harpsichord)

29/03/2025 17:00 CET
Bernardo Pasquini: Il Mosè On-site
Associazione Culturale Pietro Antonio Locatelli ItalyAssociazione Culturale Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Piazza Cavour 15, 24121 Bergamo
- Ensemble Locatelli
- Ensemble Vocale Locatelli
- Thomas Chigioni (Conductor)

21/03/2025 19:00 CET (21/03/2025 19:00 CET)
340. Bach-Gebeurtstag Online and On-site
Köthener BachGesellschaft mbH GermanyKirche St. Agnus , Stiftstraße 11, 06366 Köthen (Anhalt)
- Margret Köll, baroque harp
- Romina De la Fuente Villarroel, soprano
- participants from the HARFEN LABORS in Köthen, surprise guests
- Folkert Uhde, animation

22/03/2025 18:00 CET
Music & Climate On-site
Itinéraire Baroque en Périgord FranceMusiques & Climats, Eglise de Cherval, 24320 CHERVAL
- Ensemble Les Meslanges
- Van EssenThomas, baritone
- Van Waerbeke Jérôme, violin
- Hernandez Frédéric, harpsichord

21/03/2025 20:00 CET
L'organo fantastico: Girolamo Frescobaldi, le Toccate del Primo Libro Online
Conservatorio di musica "Giuseppe Verdi" di Milano ItalyChiesa di San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore di Milano, Corso Magenta 15 , 20123 Milano

11/03/2025 13:10 GMT (11/03/2025 14:10 CET)
Audition for the first organist on the 300th anniversary of St George’s, Hanover Square On-site
St George's, Hanover Square United KingdomSt George's, Hanover Square, St George's Street, Mayfair, , W1S 1FX London

21/03/2025 10:30 CET
Visites en musique des collections du Musée Fabre - Les Ombres On-site
Les Muses en Dialogue - Les Ombres - Musée Fabre FranceMusée Fabre, 39 boulevard Bonne Nouvelle , 34000 Montpellier
Friday, March 21 at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Le printemps
As part of the European Early Music Days, the Musée Fabre opens its doors to musicians from the Les Ombres ensemble. On a guided musical and pictorial tour, music and paintings reveal their secrets. The flute and viola da gamba will resonate in this majestic setting during original guided tours, revealing each work under the prism of spring.
Admission: €15, with registration by e-mail to amelie.belin@montpellier.fr, or directly online on the Musée Fabre website.
- Margaux Blanchard, viola da gamba
- Sylvain Sartre, traverso

22/03/2025 17:00 CET (22/03/2025 17:00 CET)
Ancient Sounds in the Abbey - Exhibition of medieval instruments and medieval music concert On-site
Fondazione Abbatia Sancte Marie de Morimundo ItalyMorimondo Abbey, Chapter Hall, Piazza Municipio n. 6, 20081 Morimondo (MI)
Ensemble In Itinere Musica Medievale
- Roberto Chiari - medieval fiddle, rebec, drum, and others
- Chiara Mojana - narrator, medieval harps and recorder

21/03/2025 14:55 EET (21/03/2025 13:55 CET)
BACH340 On-site
Lieto parish FinlandLieto, Hyvättyläntie 19, 21420 Lieto
- Tomi Satomaa, organ
- Jukka Perksalo, cello

21/03/2025 12:30 EET (21/03/2025 11:30 CET)
Early Music in the corridors of LMTA / LMTA Early Music Week 2025 On-site
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre LithuaniaLobby, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Building 2, Vilniaus str. 6-2, Vilnius

08/03/2025 14:30 CST (08/03/2025 07:30 CET)
Tarquinio Merula - Concerti Spirituali On-site
The Gleam Ensemble & Ensemble InAlto TaiwanNational Recital Hall Taipei, No.21-1, Zhongshan S. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist.,,, 100012 Taipei City
- Alice Foccroulle, soprano
- Lambert Colson, cornetto
- Martin Chiang, dulcian
- Shio Ohshita, baroque violin
- Bernard Foccroulle, organ and harpsichord

29/03/2025 17:00 CET
Le Graduel d’Aliénor de Bretagne, abbesse de Fontevraud On-site
pôle Aliénor Franceéglise Saint-Jean-de-Montierneuf, 29 place Montierneuf, 86000 Poitiers
Extracts from the Fontevraud Manuscript: Plainchant and medieval polyphony Students from the early music department, under the direction of Isaac Alonso de Molina
Isaac Alonso de Molina, artistic direction