From May to October, the Musica in Cattedrale (Music in the Cathedral) international festival of choirs and organists will be held around the Cathedral’s historic organ, in the extraordinary space of the Cathedral of San Martino in Lucca, a truly sacred place but also a place of great beauty.
The Program:
- May 15
Frost Chorale of the University of Miami
Choirmaster: Matthew Brady (U.S.A.) - May 30
Ansgar Schlei
Music Director of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland - June 4
Niccolò Machiavelli Institute Choir
A 40-person choir performing mainly Sacred Music
Choirmaster: Marco Musto - June 13
Tobias Horn
Organ Lecturer at the Musikhochschule of Stuttgart - August 22
Hans-André Stamm
Organ virtuoso soloist - August 29
Stephan Leuthold
Bremen Cathedral organist since 2014 - September 19
Björn O. Wiede
Conductor of the Evangelische Landeskirche Berlin-Brandenburg-Schlesische Oberlausitz - September 26
Stefano Pellini
Manager of the 16ᵗʰ-century organ of the Church of Santa Maria delle Assi in Modena - October 21
Singers and Chamber Orchestra
Groß Flottbek in Hamburg
Conductor: Simon Obermeier - October 24
Willibald Guggenmos
Artistic Director of the Augsburg International Organ Festival since 2023
Admission is free.