Bachfest Leipzig

The current artistic director is Professor Michael Maul.

[2] The city first hosted a festival in 1904, for the Neue Bachgesellschaft, and then formally, since 1908.

Since 1999, the festival has been organized by the Bach Archive on behalf of the city of Leipzig, each year under a different theme.

Each year there are approximately 100 individual events during the Bach Festival, beginning with an opening concert conducted by the serving Thomaskantor.

The final concert is traditionally a performance of Bach's Mass in B minor in the St. Thomas Church.