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Photo: Dan Morrison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From the OBF’s blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Eugene, Oregon\u2014The Oregon Bach Festival announced today the appointment of 35-year-old British conductor and keyboardist Matthew Halls as its next artistic director.<\/p>\n

Halls will assume artistic leadership after the 2013 season, succeeding Helmuth Rilling, the founding artistic director from Stuttgart who will remain with the University of Oregon event as director emeritus.<\/p>\n

In his announcement, John Evans, OBF president and executive director, said that Halls was the ideal candidate at the right time.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Matthew, we found a candidate who has it all,\u201d said Evans, \u201ca range of repertoire well-matched to the programming needs of the Festival; an international reputation in the worlds of choral and early music, specializing in historically-informed performances; consummate skill as a Bach interpreter; a commitment to teaching and education; and most of all, a figure who is passionate about the music at the heart of the OBF, and charismatic in communicating that passion.\u201d\u201cI\u2019m absolutely thrilled to have been offered the opportunity to continue and develop my relationship with the Oregon Bach Festival,\u201d said Halls.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a very great honor for me to accept the position of Artistic Director at the festival upon the retirement of Helmuth Rilling\u2014a colossal musical figure for whom I have the deepest admiration,\u201d he continued. \u201cI am looking forward to working closely with John Evans to help preserve everything that makes this festival so special, whilst exploring and developing new ideas that will allow the festival\u2019s musical and educational programs to continue to grow. Above all, I look forward to summer months in Oregon filled with music-making of the highest level as we all make our annual pilgrimage to the Pacific Northwest to celebrate and honor the musical legacy of the great Johann Sebastian Bach.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the OBF’s blog: Eugene, Oregon\u2014The Oregon Bach Festival announced today the appointment of 35-year-old British conductor and keyboardist Matthew Halls as its next artistic director. Halls will assume artistic leadership after the 2013 season, succeeding Helmuth Rilling, the founding artistic director from Stuttgart who will remain with the University of Oregon event as director […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[299,138,2],"tags":[2778,2777,2776,2337],"class_list":["post-6804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conducting","category-summer-festivals","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-appointment","tag-artistic-director","tag-matthew-halls","tag-oregon-bach-festival"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-1LK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12732,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2013\/06\/26\/oregon-bach-festival-preview\/","url_meta":{"origin":6804,"position":0},"title":"oregon bach festival preview","author":"Charles Noble","date":"June 26, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"We're just had our first rehearsal of the first week of the 2013 Oregon Bach Festival. 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