Abbey Bach Festival | Alon Goldstein, piano; Brian Ganz – An Evening with Chopin: The Storyteller

Start: Wednesday, July 23, 2025 6:00PM
End: Wednesday, July 23, 2025 9:30PM

Situated on a hilltop in the mid-Willamette Valley, the Abbey Bach Festival is a unique opportunity to listen to world-renowned musicians while enjoying the peaceful atmosphere of Mount Angel Abbey, a Benedictine monastery founded in 1882. Between evening concerts in the Abbey church and the Damian Center, enjoy a picnic buffet supper with local wines while taking in beautiful vistas from the surrounding countryside. Daily Festival Schedule 5:20pm: Vespers (optional) 6pm: Church performance 6:30pm: Picnic buffet supper 8pm: Feature performance About Alon Goldstein, Artistic Director Alon Goldstein is one of the most original and sensitive pianists of his generation, admired for his musical intelligence, dynamic personality, artistic vision and innovative programming. He has played with the Philadelphia orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, the San Francisco, Baltimore, St. Louis, Dallas, Houston, Toronto and Vancouver symphonies as well as the Israel Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Los Angeles and Radio France Orchestra. He played under the baton of such conductors as Zubin Mehta, Herbert Blomstedt, Vladimir Jurowski, Rafael Frübeck de Burgos, Peter Oundjian, Yoel Levi, Yoav Talmi, Leon Fleisher and others. About Brian Ganz, piano Pianist Brian Ganz plays a program of Chopin works that embraces the widest range of the Romantic master’s pianistic world: from hidden gems like the first sonata, composed when Chopin was a teenager, to beloved favorites like the masterful Barcarolle; from mazurkas that tenderly capture the composer’s love for his homeland, to a scherzo that expresses the fullest measure of his passion. As an added bonus, Mr. Ganz will take audience requests for their favorite works by this most beloved of all composers for the piano. For more information and tickets, visit mountangelabbey.org/bach.