Welcome to Bach Network

Welcome to the website of Bach Network! Bach Network promotes the study of the life, times and music of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750). Bach Network connects people and stimulates ideas through the written word, in our peer-reviewed, open access publications, Discussing Bach and Understanding Bach, and through personal contact. Our most important meeting is the biennial Bach Network Dialogue Meeting, held at Madingley Hall, Cambridge, next meeting from 2pm on Sunday 7 July until 5pm on Wednesday 10 July 2024. We also have a regular presence at the Leipzig Bachfest, our most recent presentation was on 15 June 2024, at meetings of the American Bach Society, and at the Biennial International Conference on Baroque Music.

Artists, scientists, Bach scholars and performers, and indeed anybody who is seriously interested in Bach’s music is welcome to join us. The central aim of the network is to facilitate contacts that will encourage thought about Bach and his music: thought that may be quite different from the established terms of academic discourse.

You can keep up to date with our activities through our Facebook page and news notifications circulated by email once or twice per year.