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The festival also hosts "cross-over" or popular acts like Garrison Keillor, Savion Glover, Pink Martini, and PDQ Bach.Royce Saltzman retired in 2006 and was replaced as Executive Director by John Evans, a former BBC producer and published Benjamin Britten scholar. Since Evans's arrival in 2007, the festival has expanded to include concerts throughout Oregon, including at Portland's Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall and Bend's Tower Theatre.

The Oregon Bach Festival (OBF) is an annual celebration of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach and his musical legacy, held in Eugene, Oregon, United States, in late June and early July.

The Wall Street Journal has called the OBF "one of the world’s leading music festivals". is one of the venues for the Oregon Bach Festival.

It presents a diverse slate of concerts and guest artists, which in recent years has included non-Bach-related programs by Garrison Keillor, Bobby McFerrin, and Frederica von Stade; it maintains a focus on choral-orchestral repertoire, including commissions and premieres; and it undertakes extensive educational activities, most famously a conducting master class that draws participants from around the world as well as a Youth Choral Academy directed by conductor Anton Armstrong of St.

It will also feature a Bernstein celebration featuring a residency by Jamie Bernstein.The festival has commissioned, co-commissioned, or presented premieres of numerous musical works, including:Felix Mendelssohn, The Uncle from Boston (world premiere of rediscovered manuscript)Stephen Paulus, Symphony for Strings (world premiere)Arvo Pà¤rt, Litany (world premiere)Osvaldo Golijov, Oceana (world premiere) Krzyztof Penderecki, Credo (world premiere) Tan Dun, Water Passion (American premiere) Sven-David Sandstrà¶m, Messiah (world premiere) The festival has also released or participated in 12 commercial recordings since 1990, with the recording of Penderecki's Credo winning the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance.The festival has also initiated a media partnership with Minnesota Public Radio that provides for the syndication and worldwide broadcast of live concert recordings.

The Oregon Bach Festival is a donor-supported program of the University of Oregon.

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