At the traditional staff meeting last Sunday at the Bavarian Music Academy in Marktoberdorf, more than half of the approximately 60 staff members who supplement the four-person MODfestivals team for the festival gathered
To mark the start of the Musica Sacra International festival from 22 to 26 May 2026, there will once again be a traditional singing performance at the weekly market and in the Sparkasse lobby in Marktoberdorf.
At the two closing concerts as part of Musica Sacra International, all the ensembles will perform live once again on Tuesday, 26 May 2026, with Part I at 6 pm and Part II at 8 pm.
In addition to the Musica Sacra International festival programme, the supporting programme offers a wide range of opportunities for people to meet and exchange ideas.
At the Musica Sacra International opening concert on Friday 22 May 2026, all eight invited ensembles and choirs will perform at 8 pm at the Bavarian Music Academy in Marktoberdorf.
The traditional Mother’s Day concert marking the start of Musica Sacra International will take place on Sunday, 10 May 2026 at 2.30 pm, featuring the Girls’ Choir of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin at the Bavarian Music Academy in Marktoberdorf.
The Musica Sacra International 2026 festival will kick off with an opening concert by the Girls’ Choir of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin on 9 May 2026 at 7 pm in the church at the Schulbrüder College in Illertissen.
The Musica Sacra International festival presents a diverse range of music from different religions and other cultural traditions over the Whitsun period from 22 to 26 May 2026 in Marktoberdorf, Augsburg, Munich and throughout the Allgäu region.
If you’re open to new cultures and people, are spending Whitsun at home, and also have spare rooms and beds, you’re the perfect host family for Musica Sacra International from 22 to 26 May 2026. For over 30 years, the accommodation of hundreds of singers from all over the world has only been possible thanks to the help of numerous host families in and around Marktoberdorf.
Singing brings people together! Experience Musica Sacra International up close as a singer in the festival choir. For the fourth time, all singing enthusiasts are invited to actively participate in and help shape the festival.
