JSB Ensemble

For the Bachwoche Stuttgart (from 2025: Internationales Bachfest Stuttgart), the Bachakademie and its academy director Hans-Christoph Rademann are putting together an international ensemble of soloists, choir & orchestra: the Junges Stuttgarter Bach Ensemble (JSB Ensemble). The founding of the ensemble in 2011 was an important step in the consistent further development of a basic idea of the Stuttgart International Bach Academy and its founder Helmuth Rilling: to give highly talented young people from all over the world a platform in Stuttgart after an intensive period of study. The musicians of the ensemble, in which more than 20 nations are always represented, grow together under the guidance of experienced instructors to form a unique ensemble that experiences a refreshing liaison with the voices of the vocal master classes: Bach revisited!

The special feature of the Stuttgart ensemble compared to other projects worldwide is the formation of a complete vocal-instrumental ensemble, whose knowledge and skills are based on the latest practical performance findings and the wealth of experience of the instructors who are particularly rooted in this field. The next study week with the JSB Ensemble will lead directly into the International Bach Festival Stuttgart 2025, in which the JSB Ensemble will play an important role and perform together with the Gaechinger Cantorey at the finale. The Bachwoche Stuttgart, which has radiated far beyond Stuttgart with its combination of academic reflection and practical musical work, will be reflected in its core at the Bachfest Stuttgart. The focus of the last Bachwoche Stuttgart 2024 was Bach's St. John Passion; the JSB Ensemble also dedicated itself to the sister work by Heinrich Schütz (1666) and other Passion music for choir and instruments in the workshop concerts.