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Händel House in Halle (Germany) celebrates the “European Day of Early Music.”

The Händel House Foundation ( Halle-Germany) will participate in the European Day of Early Music on Friday, March 21, 2025, with a free lunchtime concert at 12 p.m., followed by a historical architectural tour of Handel’s birthplace. For the lunchtime concert, students from the Institute of Music at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg will take the […]

by Total Baroque 20 March 2025

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Thérésia Orchestra (Italy) : Call for Applications for Study Grants (July 25 – July 27)

The Italian foundation ICONS is launching a competition for the awarding of Study Grants, aimed at musicians wishing to join Theresia Orchestra and participate in its educational activities for the period July 2025 – July 2027. These Study Grants enable recipients to take part in Theresia Orchestra’s artistic and educational residencies throughout the specified period. […]

by Total Baroque 14 March 2025

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A New Thematic Portal on “Early Music” in Germany

The German Music Information Center (Deutscher Musikrat) has launched a new thematic portal dedicated to early music. The early music scene thrives on the interaction of many different players: specialized ensembles and festivals are just as much a part of it as research institutes, educational institutions, museums, instrument makers, and music publishers. The new thematic […]

by Total Baroque 14 March 2025

Video of the week

Viva Vivaldi in Utrecht

Czech conductor Václav Luks, his ensemble Collegium 1704, and alto Lucile Richardot—recently crowned ‘Lyric Artist of the Year 2025’ at France’s Victoires de la Musique awards—were the distinguished guests at the 2017 Vivaldi Day in Utrecht. A dazzling programme to discover.

by Total Baroque 13 March 2025

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Utrecht, Rouen, Basel, Columbus

Bach in Utrecht, Lucile Richardot in Rouen, Torelli in Basel, and Céline Scheen in the U.S.—this week’s musical highlights in pictures!

by Total Baroque 13 March 2025

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The 13th of every month 100% Baroque at the Scala in Paris

New initiative from the Scala (Paris): at 13, bld de Strasbourg, every 13th of the month will be 100% Baroque, a new must-attend event for lovers of early music. ‘In a small wooden auditorium, in the intimacy of the blue of the Piccola Scala, a closeness to the artists and ideal acoustics for listening closely […]

by Total Baroque 10 March 2025

Pictures of the Week

Venice, Herrenhausen, Helsinki, Karlsruhe

This week, it’s Carnival in Venice… and in Rennes! Concerts in Herrenhausen… and in Helsinki! Not to mention opera, as always, in Karlsruhe!

by Total Baroque 6 March 2025

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A Carnival in Venice in 1729

The Venice Carnival 2025 ended on March 4. Let’s look back at the Carnival of 1729, with Ann Hallenberg and Il Pomo d’Oro performing the greatest opera arias of that year in a private concert at Palazzo Zenobio in Venice.

by Total Baroque 6 March 2025

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Julie Roset and Lucile Boulanger Honored at the 2025 French Victoires de la Musique

Early music took center stage at the 2025 Victoires de la Musique Classique, where Julie Roset was named “Vocal Revelation of the Year” and Lucile Boulanger won “Instrumental Soloist of the Year.” The awards were presented on March 5 at the Opéra de Rouen. For gambist Lucile Boulanger, the prize carries special significance, arriving 32 […]

by Total Baroque 6 March 2025

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From 19 to 23 March 2025, early music in Occitanie

As part of the European Days of Early Music, five days of festivities – from 19 to 23 March – in the Occitanie – Suds de France region celebrate the awakening of nature, movement and light around early music. Organised by the association ‘les muses en dialogue’ (which brings together two festivals in the South […]

by Total Baroque 4 March 2025

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Tölzer Knabenchor (Germany) : Bach cantatas originally from 7.3.25

On 7 March 2025, the Tölzer Knabenchor (Germany) and the Concerto München baroque orchestra, conducted by Julian Wachner, will start a series of recordings of J. S. Bach’s cantatas in a line-up that Bach had wished for his own boys’ choir in 1730 in a letter to the Leipzig city council (‘Entwurff einer wohlbestallten Kirchen […]

by Total Baroque 4 March 2025

Dennis Orellana, winner of the 1st Farinelli Competition

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Dennis Orellana, winner of the 1st Farinelli Competition

On Sunday, March 2, the grand final of the first Farinelli Competition for countertenors, organized by Händel-Festspiele Karlsruhe and broadcast live by Total Baroque, took place. You can now watch the event replay and discover the international finalists.

by Total Baroque 4 March 2025

Articles by Total Baroque

Händel House in Halle (Germany) celebrates the “European Day of Early Music.”

Thérésia Orchestra (Italy) : Call for Applications for Study Grants (July 25 – July 27)

A New Thematic Portal on “Early Music” in Germany

Viva Vivaldi in Utrecht

Utrecht, Rouen, Basel, Columbus

The 13th of every month 100% Baroque at the Scala in Paris

Venice, Herrenhausen, Helsinki, Karlsruhe

A Carnival in Venice in 1729

Julie Roset and Lucile Boulanger Honored at the 2025 French Victoires de la Musique

From 19 to 23 March 2025, early music in Occitanie

Tölzer Knabenchor (Germany) : Bach cantatas originally from 7.3.25

Dennis Orellana, winner of the 1st Farinelli Competition