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🇪🇺 Early Music Summit: What we stand for.

How can we bring historical instruments to life while ensuring their preservation for future generations?

The plenary Heritage Duo: exploring the tangible side of early music through archives, libraries, and museums brings together two expert curators for a dialogue on the relationship between musical practice and the preservation of physical instruments 🎻

Book your ticket now > http://billetweb.fr/early-music-summit

🇪🇺 Early Music Summit: What we stand for.

How do we define the cultural value of Early Music, and what does it bring to society today?

On 25 November, the official opening of the Early Music Summit 2026 will feature three keynote speakers, each offering their own perspective on the question What do we stand for?

👉 What makes Early Music distinctive as a field of work? What values does it represent, and how can we articulate its contribution to contemporary society?

Join us for an opening plenary combining keynotes and icebreakers, setting the scene for three days of discussion, reflection and exchange in Bruges!

Book your ticket now > http://billetweb.fr/early-music-summit

🇪🇺 Early Music Summit: What we stand for.

The first day welcomes a session co-organised with the European Festivals Association (EFA), opening up a conversation about the place of early music on today’s cultural stages.

👉 How can Early Music take its place at the heart of generalist concert halls, festivals and programmes? What makes the Early Music experience distinctive for today’s audiences and how are changing behaviours reshaping the way we programme, present and experience it?

The session will also feature an EFA networking event, bringing together promoters for an informal exchange, project presentations and new opportunities to connect!

Book your ticket now > http://billetweb.fr/early-music-summit

🇪🇺 Early Music Summit: What we stand for.

To open the Summit in Ghent, we will take a closer look at the legacy of the pioneers of Historically Informed Performance. Hosted by the Orpheus Institute, custodian of Ton Koopman’s extensive library, this opening panel will explore how we can preserve, question and build upon the work and ideas of early music’s founders, and what their legacy means for the future of the field.

The discussion will be followed by an exclusive visit to the Library 📚

Book your ticket now > http://billetweb.fr/early-music-summit

🇪🇺 Early Music Summit: What we stand for.

One Summit, many perspectives! This year, we are introducing parallel courses designed around the realities of early music professionals.

👀 Are you a researcher, artistic director, programmer, administrator or educator? Choose the sessions that speak to your profession, your questions and the challenges you face, exploring topics ranging from artistic research and performance practices to working conditions and regulations, sustainable career paths, audience development, digital practices, touring and funding models.

🛎️ We’ve extended our partner hotels’ special rates until 25 September — don’t wait any longer to secure your place!

Book your ticket now > http://billetweb.fr/early-music-summit

🤝 Tune In II symposium

The “Tune In II” symposium, organised by the European Keyboard Heritage network, offered a valuable opportunity to explore the connections between early music and keyboard heritage.

Agathe Créac’h was invited to contribute to the programme alongside Francesco Spina, leading a workshop exploring the values that can shape meaningful sound heritage projects. For our network, this also marks the beginning of a new dialogue around the early keyboard sector, and an opportunity to identify new ways of working together across Europe 🎹

✨ We are delighted to have been part of this inspiring exchange and look forward to continuing the conversation, building new connections and developing opportunities for collaboration across the European early music sector.

🇪🇺 Early Music Summit: What we stand for.

⏰ Don’t wait any longer! Preferential hotel rates are only available until 1 September!

The REMA team has negotiated special rates with several hotels in Bruges to make your stay easier. If you haven’t booked your accommodation yet, now is the time to take advantage of these offers! 🛎️

👉 Find all the practical information — partner hotels, preferential rates and event venues — in the Summit Practical Guide.

Find out more > earlymusic.eu/practical-information/

🏆 REMA Awards

Our final category is Professional Development! Congratulations to all the nominees for their projects... The 2026 REMA Awards are full of exciting new discoveries!

💼 Best international cooperation project 💼
— queerPassion // .communit
— Young Talents for Hanseatic Music // .ensemble

🍏 Best support programme 🍏
— CSBFNextGen 2025 // Coudenberg Sound Box Fest
— The Sociable Fortepiano
— Young Mannheim Symphonists // Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra

🚀 Digital project of the year 🚀
— DGTALREVIVAL - Itai Weissman
— LaDocumenta.eu

🌱 Best sustainable project 🌱
— FLOS // Ensemble Gamut
— Holland Baroque Speelt! // Holland Baroque

🏆 REMA Awards

Let’s discover the 2026 REMA Awards nominees in the Audience Engagement category! Are you as excited as we are to find out who will be the winners? 👀

📱 Best creative communication project 📱
— Early Music Television // Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht
— ReRenaissance Advent Calendar // Basel.ReRenaissance

🎉 Best festival theme 🎉
— Festival SUPERWOMEN 2025 // Klavieratelier Mignon 1904 - F***Y DAVIES Ensemble
— Festival CavrosArts 2025 // CavrosArts, Musique Ancienne

🤝 Audience project of the year 🤝
— Banbury Early Music Festival
— YouTube channel // Team Recorder / Sarah Jeffery

🏆 REMA Awards

As September gets underway, it’s time to discover the 2026 REMA Awards nominees in the Creation and Repertoire category! 🎉 And a little reminder: there’s still time to get your tickets for the REMA Awards Ceremony, taking place as part of the Early Music Summit in Bruges this November. Don’t miss it!

🌎 Best Extra-European project 🌎
— Semaine sainte à Mexico (XVIe - XVIIIe s.) // Vox Cantoris
— Gabriel's Odyssey // Kukutana Ensemble (Janie Cole & Music Beyond Borders)
— Aula Medieval // EGERIA

💫 Best Interdisciplinary project 💫
— Ambition & Illusion. Schloss Eggenberg: the Staging of a World // Schloss Eggenberg, Universalmuseum Joanneum
— Farinelli // Casa da Música

🎼 Heritage project of the year 🎼
— Berezovsky: A Musical Anthology of Works // OPEN OPERA UKRAINE
— All of Bach // Nederlandse Bachvereniging
— Crosswinds // Into the Winds