Stadsorgelconcert in de Grote of St. Bavokerk

Ukrainian organist and harpsichordist Taras Baginets studied at the Kharkiv Music College, Ukraine. He graduated in piano and organ from the Kharkiv Institute of Arts in 1997, studying under Professor Serhiy Yushkevich, and in 2009 from the St. Petersburg State University with a Master’s degree in Arts and the Humanities under Professors A. Panov and professor D. Zaretsky. Taras Baginets was a (prize)winner of 10 international competitions in Germany, Russia and Lithuania. In 2002 he won the First International Oleg Yantchenko Organ Competition in Volgograd, Russia, and was awarded the Special Prize of the St. Petersburg Shostakovich Philharmonic Society. He triumphed in several organ competitions in Russia and Germany between 2003 and 2007. Baginets served as the organist of the Kharkiv Organ Concert Hall of the Kharkiv Philharmonic Society from 1996 to 2002. He is also a soloist with the Sverdlovsk State Academic Philharmonic Society. 

For over more than 20 years, he has been performing in concert halls in Russia and many other prestigious venues in Europe. Each season he gives more than 50 concerts, presents at least 15 solo concert programs, and is an active proponent in organ education. Since 2011 he is the founder and artistic director of the International Bach-Fest, held annually in March in Yekaterinburg. 

 From May to October, concerts are held on Tuesday evenings and also on Thursday afternoons in July and August at the Grote or St.-Bavokerk by renowned organists from both home and abroad.