Paradise Lost | zamus: festival de musique ancienne 2026
Germany / Köln
Paradise Lost
21–30 May 2026
What remains of paradise once we have lost it, and what emerges when we reinvent it?
Under the motto ‘Paradise Lost’, the 16th edition of zamus: early music festival explores and discovers musical utopias, artistic visions of the future, ethereal paradises and forgotten soundscapes: this varied programme features 21 events spread over 10 days, bringing together up to 200 artists across the city of Cologne. At the heart of the festival’s programme remain early music and historical performance practices, which pave the way for fruitful encounters transcending genres: Korean music meets French minnesang, ancient Arabic chants meet opera arias, and contemporary dance meets the musical rhetoric of the Baroque.
Artists:
Brosse Consort, Cinquecento, Collective of Unfinished Creation, Ensemble Céladon, [hanse]Pfeyfferey, Evas Äpfel, Flautando Köln, GaMuAk, Kölner Vokalsolisten, MOUVOIR, opia, Oriental Echo, Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla, PastForward Ensemble, Primary Colours, tiefsaits, VOX BONA, zamus: amateur baroque orchestra, Bryan Benner, Clara Blessing, Malika Kishino, Verena Brakonier, Yunhee Choi, Martin Erhardt, Andreas Gilger, Mareike Greb, Detlef Haberland, Farimah Karimi, Friederike Kawlath, Naoko Kikuchi, Anastasiia Kolabanova, Yongbeom Kwon, Sören Leupold, Christina C. Messner, Robert Oberaigner, Aurora Peña, Andrea Pyttlik, Friedemann Stolte, Stephanie Thiersch, Sigrid T’Hooft, Anja Tovirac, Daniel Trumbull, Susanne Wankell, Kai Wessel
Venues:
Venues:
Museum of East Asian Art, Kolumba, Schnütgen Museum, VENTANA, Deutschlandfunk Chamber Music Hall, Stadtgarten, Altes Pfandhaus, Pattenhalle Ehrenfeld, St. Michael’s, Christuskirche, St. Ursula’s, Trinitatiskirche
Tickets available online at zamusfestival.de and zamus.de, by telephone on +49 221 9874 38 21 (Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 10 am to 2 pm) and at the Theaterkasse Neumarkt box office (Monday to Saturday from 10 am to 6.30 pm, ticket hotline +49 221 42 07 6000 or via tickets@theaterkasse-neumarkt.de)
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