30th Bach Days

A festival of harpsichords, violas, lutes, Baroque violins and oboes – all playing the scores by Johann Sebastian Bach during concerts by professors and students of the Kraków Academy of Music. The highlight of the opening will be the Tönet, ihr Pauken cantata, and the following days will be filled with Bach’s sonatas and violin concertos. Ensembles characteristic of the Baroque period made up of instruments from a single family will be represented by Kraków Viol Consort and Kraków Recorder Consort – the latter ensemble will showcase pieces by John Dowland on the 400th birthday of the English late Renaissance composer. During the finale, coinciding exactly with the 341st birthday of the festival’s patron, we will listen to the performance by the founder of Bach Days, the eminent Polish harpsichordist Prof. Elżbieta Stefańska.Sunday 15.03.2026 Florianka Recital Hall 6pm Inauguration Concert Tickets: PLN 40/20; available at the venue an hour before the concertMonday 16.03.2026 Florianka Recital Hall 11am Diploma concert: Alicja Żądło – lute 5pm Student concert 7:30pmConsort songsTuesday 17.03.2026 Florianka Recital Hall 5pm Clavichord concert: Maria Erdman and students 7:30pmJohann Sebastian Bach – SonatasWednesday 18.03.2026 Florianka Recital Hall 10:30am Diploma concert: Paulina Zięba – harspsichord 5pm Student concert 7:30pmJohn Dowland on the 400th Anniversary of Birth and the Renaissance PolyphonyThursday 19.03.2026 Florianka Recital Hall 5pm Student concert 7:30pmConcerts by Bach and Vivaldi – Not Only for Music SchoolsSaturday 21.03.2026Academy of Music in Kraków noonDamensonatenFlorianka Recital Hall 6pm Elżbieta Stefańska – harpsichord