Arman becomes Artistic Director of the Munich Bach Academy
Howard Arman, who was Music Director of the Lucerne Theater from 2011 to 2016, will take over the artistic direction of the Munich Bach Choir, the Munich Bach Orchestra and the Munich Bach Academy.
Born in London in 1954, Arman was educated in his home city at Trinity College of Music. From 1983 to 2000, he conducted the Salzburg Bach Choir, with whom he first appeared at the Salzburg Festival in 1995. From 1998 to 2013, Howard Arman served as Artistic Director of the MDR Radio Choir in Leipzig and from 2011 to 2016 as Music Director at the Lucerne Theater. He will take up his new post in Munich from the 2026/27 season.
The Munich Bach Academy arose from the desire to continuously cultivate the music of Johann Sebastian Bach in Munich at a high artistic level. Since its foundation, it has developed into a permanent fixture in the city's musical life with concerts, projects and music education work. From the very beginning, its history has combined historical performance practice with the aim of presenting Bach's music in a new and lively way.
