Bach Festival
Bach Festivals are classical music festivals held to celebrate the memory of the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach. Various locations throughout the world hold a festival dedicated to Bach. Notable Bach Festivals include Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, Ohio, put on by the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music. The Bach Festival Society of Winter Park in Winter Park, Florida, and the Bachfest Bolivia, celebrated yearly in Cochabamba each March since 2008. Bachfest Bolivia commemorates Johann Sebastian Bach's birthday and is organized by Bolivian director and pianist Elizabeth Schwimmer.
Read more about Bach Festival: Baldwin Wallace University, The Bach Choir of Bethlehem, Other Bach Festivals
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