On September 1, Oregon Bach Festival (OBF) Board Chair Robin Burk announced that the organization has named longtime patron and donor, Dr. Peter von Hippel, as an Honorary Life Director of the Board of Oregon Bach Festival. “Pete has been an active supporter and advocate for the Festival for more than three decades,” says Burk. …
Grammy-winning composer Richard Danielpour has been commissioned by Oregon Bach Festival to compose a set of fifteen miniatures, titled “An American Mosaic,” for celebrated pianist Simone Dinnerstein to be premiered on December 6, 2020 at 2pm PST. Each miniature commemorates segments of the American population that have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, including parents, …
Thank you for joining us for the 2020 OBF Radio Festival! To help enhance your listening experience, we’ve created a single resource of names, dates, texts, translations, and tidbits that we thought might be helpful. The OBF Radio Festival Listening Guide contains expanded information for each broadcast, including notes, list of movements, and translations. Many …
The Grammy Award-winning Oregon Bach Festival (OBF) announces a 2020 Radio Festival, featuring a lineup of historic recordings from some of the world’s top classical musicians, and the rare opportunity for audiences to enjoy previously archived LIVE and studio recordings throughout the past five decades. Hosted by Peter van de Graaff, the Radio Festival will …
Dear Friends, I am writing to let you know that we have made the difficult decision to postpone both the 2020 Oregon Bach Festival and the selection of our new Artistic Director until the summer of 2021, with the health and safety of our patrons, musicians and community foremost in our minds. I know that …
Those of us musicians who grew up in the 1960s and 1970s held the great composer Krzysztof Penderecki in the very high esteem reserved in the twentieth century for a few very special composers like Igor Stravinsky and Arnold Schoenberg. We eagerly listened to and studied his groundbreaking works such as the Threnody to Victims …
Conductor Eric Jacobsen (photo credit: Dario Acosta) The University of Oregon School of Music and Dance is proud to announce that conductor and cellist Eric Jacobsen has been named as a finalist for the artistic director position at the Oregon Bach Festival. Jacobsen will join previously announced candidates Miguel Harth-Bedoya and Julian Wachner as a …
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Julian Wachner, Miguel Harth-Bedoya and Craig Hella Johnson (from left to right) UPDATE 02/05/20: Craig Hella Johnson has withdrawn as one of the three finalists for the Oregon Bach Festival’s artistic director position and will no longer be conducting at the 50th anniversary season this summer. Johnson cited a series of difficult personal losses, culminating with …
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