Bach and Beyond: Oregon Bach Festival
Time: Noon to 1:15 pm
Venue: WOW Hall
291 W 8th
Eugene, Oregon
97401
We will meet at the WOW Hall, 291 W 8th. Learn more: https://wowhall.org/about-us/. Walk, ride a bike or take the bus. You may park on the street or in the parking lot of FOOD for Lane County's Dining Room, across 8th from the WOW Hall. A freewill donation acknowledging the Dining Room's generosity may be made at the meeting.
Lunch will be available for $15.
Topic:
In this program, Jos van Veldhoven, who is internationally renowned in the classical music world and one of the Oregon Bach Festival’s new Artistic Partners, will speak about the evolution of Bach’s music, its influence on contemporary composition, and the importance of performing and protecting classical music and the performing arts in today’s world. This is an extra special treat as van Veldhoven is not typically in town until the Bach Festival takes in the summer!
Speakers
Title: Artistic Partner
Organization: Oregon Bach Festival
Website: https://oregonbachfestival.org/
Biography:
Dutch conductor Jos van Veldhoven is in his inaugural year as an artistic partner with Oregon Bach Festival, but has been a guest conductor with the festival since 2023. He was artistic director of the Netherlands Bach Society for more than 35 years. In his programming, van Veldhoven connects tradition and adventure. He is the initiator of “All of Bach,” an ongoing, unprecedented project in which the Netherlands Bach Society performs, records, and publishes all of Bach’s works online. More than 20 million followers worldwide now enjoy the widely acclaimed recordings on YouTube. Van Veldhoven is in great demand as a guest conductor and has been associated with the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague as a teacher of choral conducting for more than 30 years. In 2007, Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands made him a Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion for his ground-breaking work in early music.
