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MUSICA VIVA – the festival where music comes alive
For over three decades, MUSICA VIVA has been setting musical masterpieces in motion – and with them people, spaces and moods in the Osnabrück region. In historic churches, atmospheric venues and unusual places in town and country, sound spaces are created that touch and connect. What once began with a vision and a great deal of idealism is now an internationally recognised festival – an annual fixture for music lovers, explorers and artists from all over the world.
In 2025, a new chapter begins: With Stephan Lutermann as the new Artistic Director, the festival opens up to fresh ideas – embracing bold formats, new perspectives, and genuine encounters. Musica Viva is a platform for artistic excellence and creative freedom, for striking contrasts and powerful musical experiences.
Dancing Queen – ABBA & Jean-Philippe Rameau
Lautten Compagney
Asya Fateyeva (saxophone)
Wolfgang Katschner (conductor)
Winterreise – „Ein Kreis schauriger Lieder“ von Franz Schubert
Christoph Pregardien (tenor)
Michael Gees (piano)
Il Sassone a Roma – How (no) earthquake and the Pope made Handel a star
Georg Friedrich Händel
„Dixit Dominus“, HWV 232
Dorothee Mields (soprano)
L’harpa festante
Musica Viva Festivalchor
Stephan Lutermann (conductor and moderation)
Feuer der Jugend – der römische Händel
Georg Friedrich Händel
„Dixit Dominus“, HWV 232
und „Laudate pueri“, HWV 237
Musica Viva Festivalchor
L’harpa festante
Dorothee Mields (soprano)
Stephan Lutermann (conductor)
Vivat Palestrina – 500 Jahre Giovanni Luigi da Palestrina
Stile Antico
Klang der Zeiten – Bach und Gubaidulina
Pavel Efremov, Essen (Accordion)
Osnabrücker Barock – Der Osnabrücker Komponist Paul Ignaz Lichtenauer
Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens (conductor)
Lieder der Renaissance – Per a Meraviglia
Sophie Klussmann (soprano)
Hopkinson Smith (lute)
Natur, Stille und Klang – Chormusik in der Industrie Kathedrale
Ensemble vocal Hamburg
Vokalconsort Osnabrück
Cornelius Trantow und Stephan Lutermann (conductors)
Natur, Stille und Klang – Chormusik in der Industrie Kathedrale
Ensemble vocal Hamburg
Vokalconsort Osnabrück
Cornelius Trantow und Stephan Lutermann (conductors)
Mercy Seat – Winterreise
Charly Hübner sings Franz Schubert and Nick Cave
Charly Hübner (voice)
Ensemble Resonanz
Kalle Kalima (electric guitar)
Carlos Bica (double bass
)
Max Andrzejewski (drums
)
Sebastian Schottke (sound)
Supported by the Dieter Fuchs Foundation – thank you very much!
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