Author: Music Lover

Lewis Kaplan, co-founder and longtime artistic director of the Bowdoin International Music Festival, plans to launch an early summer classical music festival in Portland that will celebrate the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and add to Portland’s growing reputation as a destination for classical music. The inaugural Bach Virtuosi Festival will run June 19-24 at…

Why Bach? Two or three years ago, while having lunch with Samuel Adler (faculty 1996-2014) and Derek Bermel, I mentioned that numerous composers say Bach is their favorite composer, and I asked for their thoughts. Sam immediately answered, “Whether or not he was the favorite composer, he was the greatest one.” It is of particular…

Transatlantic Music Project Lewis Kaplan is one of the great violin instructors – and performers – of our time. His passion for teaching and playing is evident in his initiative with this project based in New York and Cologne. America’s probably most renowned music conservatory and Europe’s largest music academy joined in a multi-year project:…

Press Release German Consul General Horst Freitag Honors Lewis Kaplan One of the most influential musicians of our time, he has built bridges between Germany and the United States In a ceremony at The Juilliard School on April 29, 2009, Lewis Kaplan will receive the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal…