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The text seeks to inquire about the valuation of Johann Sebastian Bach in music education at the university level. To this end, the role of the composer's work in the teaching of traditional stringed instruments from the Colombian Andean region, instruments that are part of a musical tradition different from the Central European one, was analyzed. Based on some contributions of postcolonial theory, especially the notion of provincializing Europe, proposed by Dipesh Chakrabarty, the authors propose the need to provincialize the most mentioned of the great composers and, in general, the Central European musical tradition. In relation to the methodology, surveys were conducted with students and teachers of instruments such as the Andean charango, tiple and bandola, belonging to two Colombian universities, with the intention of finding out how much Bach's music is or is not used in the teaching-learning process and, more importantly, what justifications are given for it. The results show that the symbolic weight of Bach's work is still very strong, even in the teaching of instruments far removed from the Central European tradition, which is why we propose a provincialization of Bach and his work in order to think about its use in a more critical way. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]