Young Bach Fellowship

Participants in the Young Bach Fellowship are selected from auditions. During a period of two years, they get the opportunity to perform with the ensemble in four or five productions. The Fellows receive coaching from an appointed member of the ensemble and from the marketing and production departments. By participating in concert productions of the Netherlands Bach Society, the Fellows gain experience and benefit from knowledge transfer from their mentor and other musicians of the ensemble.

In addition, separate activities are organised for the Fellows, such as a masterclass on ‘recitative singing and accompaniment’ or a workshop on the use of social media. Through these activities, the Fellowship forms a bridge between student life and professional life and it serves as a breeding ground where talented youngsters are given the scope to experiment, develop and enter into new collaborations.

These are the fellows in the concert seasons 2024-2025 and 2025-2026:

Valérie Stammet, soprano	Edurne Ruiz, alto	Vincent Berger, bass
Natascha Pichler, violin	Maria Garcia Sanchez, viola	Stefan Woudenberg, viola da gamba
Javier Sanchez Castillo, bassoon