Johann Sebastian Bach
composer

Johann Sebastian Bach

  • March 21, 1685 Eisenach (Germany) - July 28, 1750 Leipzig (Germany)

Biography

Johann Sebastian Bach, the Cantor of Leipzig

Johann Sebastian Bach, one of the greatest composers in the history of music, left an incomparable work of perfection. With more than three hundred cantatas, his music commands veneration and admiration. His genius dominates Western music, his structured mind was of a prophetic nature and his sacred and secular music asserted his nobility. Orphaned at the age of ten, the composer received a solid education and met the greatest composers of his generation.

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#WorldPianoDay: a virtual festival with the greatest pianists
#WorldPianoDay: a virtual festival with the greatest pianists

With Maria João Pires, Rudolf Buchbinder, Evgen...

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Matthias Goerne, Vilde Frang, Nicolas Altstaedt, Stathis Karapanos, and Michaela Hasselt perform Bach
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Isabelle Faust plays Bach's Sonata No. 3 and Partita No. 2 for Solo Violin
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Yo-Yo Ma plays Bach's Six Solo Cello Suites
Yo-Yo Ma plays Bach's Six Solo Cello Suites

Odeon of Herodes Atticus

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Long Yu conducts Avshalomov, Tchaikovsky, and Shostakovich — With Maxim Vengerov
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The Verbier Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary (I/II)
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Brad Mehldau's "Three Pieces After Bach" in Paris
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Kit Armstrong and Alfred Brendel: Conversation Between Words and Music
Kit Armstrong and Alfred Brendel: Conversation Between Words and Music

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Sir András Schiff conducts and performs Bach, Haydn, and Beethoven
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The Berliner Philharmoniker's 2015 Europakonzert — Athens
The Berliner Philharmoniker's 2015 Europakonzert — Athens

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Riccardo Chailly conducts Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto — With Julian Rachlin
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Rafał Blechacz plays Bach, Liszt, and Chopin
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Evgeny Kissin plays Schubert and Scriabin
Evgeny Kissin plays Schubert and Scriabin

Verbier Festival 2014

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Gábor Takács-Nagy conducts Mozart and Beethoven – With Stephen Kovacevich
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Hans-Christoph Rademann conducts a reconsitution of C.P.E. Bach's historic 1786 charity concert
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Jan Lisiecki plays Mozart, Bach, and Chopin — With Christian Zacharias
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Claudio Abbado conducts Bach's Brandenburg Concertos
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Grigory Sokolov plays Beethoven, Komitas, Prokofiev by Bruno Monsaingeon
Grigory Sokolov plays Beethoven, Komitas, Prokofiev by Bruno Monsaingeon

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Evgeny Kissin plays Bach and Schumann
Evgeny Kissin plays Bach and Schumann

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Daniel Barenboim conducts Bach, Mozart, Verdi, Dvořák, Sibelius, and others
Daniel Barenboim conducts Bach, Mozart, Verdi, Dvořák, Sibelius, and others

Berliner Philharmoniker: 2001 New Year's Concer...

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Masaaki Suzuki conducts Bach's St John Passion
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Gulda and Hancock in Munich
Gulda and Hancock in Munich

Munich Summer Piano Festival 1999

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Zubin Mehta and Daniel Barenboim — With Isaac Stern, Gil Shaham, Maxim Vengerov, Pinchas Zukerman, Itzhak Perlman...
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Black and White: Six Ballets by Jiří Kylián
Black and White: Six Ballets by Jiří Kylián

Sarabande, No More Play, Petite Mort, Sweet Dre...

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Jacques Loussier revisits Bach in Germany
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Karl-Friedrich Beringer conducts Bach's Christmas Oratorio