LIVING BACH

LIVING BACH is a unique quest for Johann Sebastian Bach’s universal secret, travelling across six continents to meet amateur musicians and singers whose lives are inseparably interwoven with the composer’s music which transcends borders, cultures, religions and centuries. The film protagonists will all travel to Leipzig in June 2022 for the International Bach Festival. Their meeting becomes an emotional event when they sing together under the renowned conductor Ton Koopman in the „We are Family Choir“ in the Thomaskirche where Johann Sebastian Bach himself stood and made music for 27 years.

A film about the unifying magic that comes from Bach‘s music.