Organisation & Boards

The Leipzig Bach Archive (German: Bach-Archiv Leipzig · Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts), a non-profit corporation, was founded in 1998. It receives its basic financial support from the City of Leipzig, the Federal Government of Germany, and the Free State of Saxony. It is directed by an Executive Board, overseen by a Board of Trustees, and advised by a Board of Curators.

 

The Leipzig Bach Archive publishes annual reports which you can open here (in German):

Foundation Board

  • Burkhard Jung, Mayor of the City of Leipzig (chairman), represented by Dr. Skadi Jennicke
  • Martin Eifler, Federal Government Commissioner for Cultural and Media Affairs
  • Lena Lemnitzer, Federal Government Commissioner for Cultural and Media Affairs
  • Markus Franke, Saxon Ministry of Science and the Fine Arts
  • Marco Götze, City of Leipzig
  • Michael Weickert, City of Leipzig

Executive Board

  • Prof Dr Ton Koopman, President
  • Prof Dr Dr h c Peter Wollny, Director
  • Friederike Hofmeister, CEO

Board of Trustees

  • Prof Dr Arend Oetker, Berlin (spokesman)
  • Jon Baumhauer, Darmstadt
  • Catherine von Fürstenberg-Dussmann, Berlin
  • Dr Burkhard Gantenbein, Wien
  • Dr Georg Girardet, Leipzig
  • Dr Mary Greer, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Dr Heike Hanagarth, Berlin
  • Dr Konrad Hummler, St. Gallen
  • Sir Nicholas Kenyon, London
  • Prof Dr Stefan Keym, Wien
  • Dr h c Martin Kohlhaussen, Frankfurt/Main
  • Prof Dr Ulrich Konrad, Würzburg
  • Dr h c Elias N. Kulukundis, Greenwich, Connecticut
  • Dr Harald Langenfeld, Leipzig
  • Pierre Lussato, London
  • Judith McCartin Scheide, Princeton, New Jersey († 29.12.2023)
  • Dr Martina Rebmann, Berlin
  • Dr Stephen Roe, London
  • Tobias Wolff, Leipzig
  • Berenike Ullmann, Geneve
  • Prof Dr Dr h c mult Christoph Wolff, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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