Bach & Organ

An early milestone in Jörg Halubek’s artistic development was the First Prize at the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition Leipzig (2004). The award established him internationally as an organist and proved formative not only for his solo work, but also for his subsequent artistic path, opening perspectives that would later extend into ensemble work, opera, and conducting.

Originally trained across the full breadth of the organ repertoire, Halubek’s focus increasingly shifted towards historically informed performance through his engagement with Baroque orchestra and opera, as well as his studies at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. This development shaped a distinctive artistic profile centred on historical instruments, source-based interpretation, and the close relationship between music, space, and context.

At the core of his organistic work stands the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Halubek approaches Bach’s organ works not as abstract repertoire, but as music deeply connected to specific instruments, architectural spaces, and cultural environments. His long-term projects dedicated to Bach’s complete organ œuvre explore these relationships through performance, recording, and research, bringing together organology, historical context, and musical interpretation.

Organ Landscapes

Conceived as a long-term artistic undertaking, Organ Landscapes spans the period 2017–2026 and comprises ten double albums (twenty CDs) alongside two vinyl editions. The scope and duration of the project reflect an understanding of Bach’s organ music as a body of work that unfolds over time, shaped by instruments, spaces, and evolving artistic perspectives rather than by a single, uniform interpretative concept.

Each recording forms part of a larger musical and cultural narrative, contributing to a comprehensive exploration of Johann Sebastian Bach’s organ œuvre across regions, instruments, and acoustic environments. Taken together, the project documents not only a complete repertoire, but also a sustained artistic engagement with questions of historical context, sound, and interpretation.

Alongside his work as a performer, Jörg Halubek is actively engaged in artistic training and higher education in the field of early music. His teaching is closely linked to his practical work as an organist, continuo player, and conductor, with a strong emphasis on historically informed performance as an integrated artistic approach.

Rather than treating organ playing, continuo practice, and ensemble work as separate disciplines, his pedagogical work focuses on their interdependence. Questions of articulation, rhetoric, form, and musical dramaturgy are understood as shared principles across solo, chamber, and operatic repertoire.

This close connection between performance, research, and teaching forms an essential part of Halubek’s artistic profile, shaping both his long-term projects and his work with younger musicians in historically informed performance contexts.

Further documentation and digital material will be presented on the project website launching in March 2026: organ-landscapes.com