Bachchor Stuttgart

Founded in the Bach year 2000 by KMD Prof. Jörg-Hannes Hahn, who has directed the concert choir in Stuttgart artistically ever since. The repertoire comprises the vocal works of Johann Sebastian Bach, classical and contemporary oratorios as well as sacred a cappella music for concerts and services. The numerous premieres and first performances include Sidney Corbett’s “Mary Magdalene” (2007), Adrian Werum’s “Messe der Kulturen” (2012), Otfried Büsing’s “Psalmen des Lichts” (2014/15), Martin Smolka’s “Sacred Vessel” (2015), Klaus Dreher’s “Die graue Passion” (2017) and Klaus Huber’s “Sonne der Gerechtigkeit” (2024). Concert tours have taken the choir to Prague, Vienna, Rome, London, Madrid, Beijing and Shanghai; in 2023 it took part in seven concerts of the Andrea Bocelli World Tour. CD recordings appeared of Camille Saint-Saëns’s “Oratorio de Noël” (2005, CANTATE) and Brahms’s “Ein deutsches Requiem” (2019). The choir is a member of the Verband Deutscher Konzertchöre.