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Eugene Art Talk

A Foggy Future for the Bach Festival

As 2017 comes to a close, there’s still no explanation of Matthew Halls’ firing

Arts 9 years ago

Driving to work on these foggy winter days, I like to listen to Bach. His clean, cerebral music helps keep the cold fog at bay, … Continue reading →

Can the Oregon Bach Festival survive the firing of Matthew Halls?

Arts 9 years ago

Once a jewel in Eugene’s cultural crown, the Oregon Bach Festival now looks as good as dead after last week’s unexplained — and inexplicable — … Continue reading →

Bach by the Numbers

Bach Festival sells out concerts in smaller venues

Arts 9 years ago

The numbers are in: This year’s leaner and smaller Oregon Bach Festival drew just 12,000 in total attendance, the festival says, a 33 percent drop … Continue reading →

Bach for Beginners

The leaner Oregon Bach Festival kicks off June 29

Arts 9 years ago

What, you’ve never been to the Oregon Bach Festival? That’s like living in Eugene and never once watching a track meet at Hayward Field, never … Continue reading →

White Lotus Celebrates a Quarter Century in Eugene

An artistic marriage creates a leading art gallery

Arts 9 years ago

One day in 1984, a young Taiwanese woman spotted an older American man standing at a traffic intersection in Taipei. He looked confused. “He looked … Continue reading →

New Symphony Conductor Named

And Eugene loses a quiet arts leader

Arts 9 years ago

To absolutely no one’s surprise, Francesco Lecce-Chong has been named the new music director of the Eugene Symphony. Wednesday’s announcement concludes the symphony’s yearlong search … Continue reading →

Heaven, Hell & Context

at Eugene Symphony’s amazing multi-media performance of Faust

Arts 9 years ago

Did you catch Eugene Symphony’s performance of The Damnation of Faust the other evening? It was, I can’t resist saying, one Hell of a show, … Continue reading →

Who gets the baton?

We handicap the race among three musicians who want to lead the Eugene Symphony

Music 10 years ago

It’s all over now except for the hiring. Eugene Symphony’s yearlong music director search has all but ended, once more attracting national attention as the … Continue reading →

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