The Association
Johann Sebastian Bach’s music is an important part of your life? You appreciate unique concerts at special locations? You feel connected to the Bachland Thuringia, you love classical music?
Join us in supporting our festival with your donation or membership. The Thuringia Bach Festival is organised by the “Thueringer Bachwochen e.V.” association, which is a non-profit organisation. The association was founded in 2004 and now has around fifty members who support the promotion of Baroque music in our festival and additional projects. The current board of the festival association has been composed of:
Prof. Silvius von Kessel
President
Organist at the cathedral in Erfurt
Dr. Lorna Heyge
Vice President
Heyge foundation Weimar
Kirsten Deutsch
Treasurer
Weimar
Dr. Maren Goltz
Secretary
Musicologist in Meiningen
Theophil Heinke
Organist at the Stadtkirche Waltershausen
The Curatorship
Christoph Gösel
Managing Director of Thüringer Tourismus GmbH
(Chairman)
Prof. Anne-Kathrin Lindig
President University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar
(Vice-Chairman)
Prof. Christfried Brödel
Chairman of the Neue Bachgesellschaft
Dr. Johannes Bruns
Lord Mayor of the City of Mühlhausen
Hans-Georg Dorst
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sparkasse Mittelthüringen
Fabian Giesder
Mayor of the city of Meiningen
Katrin Göring-Eckardt, Member of the German Bundestag
Vice President of the German Bundestag
Prof. Dr. Benjamin-Immanuel Hoff
Thuringian Minister for Culture, Federal and European Affairs
Annette Josef
Head of Department MDR Klassik
Peter Kleine
Lord Mayor of the City of Weimar
Dr. Tobias J. Knoblich
Deputy Mayor for Culture and Urban Development of the City of Erfurt
Bishop Friedrich Kramer
Protestant Church in Central Germany
Knut Kreuch
Mayor of the City of Gotha
Dr. Ulrike Lorenz
President of the Weimar Classic Foundation
Dr. Thomas Nitzsche
Mayor of the City of Jena
Frank Spilling
Mayor of the City of Arnstadt
Justus Felix Wehmer
Chief Financial Officer of Carl Zeiss Meditec Jena
Katja Wolf
Mayor of the City of Eisenach
Membership application form
The organisation is always interested in attracting new members to help it in it’s work. If you share our passion for Johann Sebastian Bach and Thuringia, you are more than welcome to join us. We offer our thanks in the form of regular information letters and exclusive invitations to selected events. If you have any other questions concerning the festival or the work of the sponsoring association, you are welcome to contact the Thuringia Bach Festival organisational office.
THURINGIA BACH FESTIVAL
c/o Thüringer Bachwochen e.V.
Hugo-John-Straße 8
D-99086 Erfurt
phone: +49 361 21698608
fax: +49 3212 1320160
info@thueringer-bachwochen.de