Bach Virtuosi Festival

Can’t Miss Classical Event of the Summer!

~ The Boston Globe,
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Message from the Director


Our 2025 season will be one of great excitement. It will be our 10th year performing in Portland, Maine and we are moving three of our four concerts to Saint Alban’s Church in Cape Elizabeth. We will continue to perform the concert at Etz Chaim Synagogue, where we have performed for 10 years. We brought on a wonderful new Executive Director, McKenzie Penton, in Maine.

We will kick off our second season in New York City, following its sold out series last summer. Such a dream that so many people love the Bach Virtuosi Festival and our interpretations of J.S. Bach.

May 13 – 20 in NYC
June 18-24 in Portland

Tickets will be on sale in mid-March.

Both festivals with world renowned artists, impeccable standards, and the same integrity to the music.

Whether you join us in NY, Maine or at both, you will be moved by the incomparable sonatas, cantatas, partitas, concerti and arias of the world’s greatest composer.

Thank you,

Lewis Kaplan

Lewis Kaplan Director of the Bach Virtuosi Festival

“Sharing the stage with Lewis Kaplan was an extraordinary experience for me. The evening was a fusion of ideas and art that was greater than the sum of our individual talents, and I am grateful to have been a part of it.”

Senator Angus King
“A Lincoln Portrait,“ narrated by Angus King;
Bowdoin Festival Orchestra, conducted by Lewis Kaplan
(Senator King also participated in our Brotherhood/Sisterhood video in 2020)

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Our donors help us to offer artistic performances in and around Portland, Maine. We rely upon the generosity of individuals, corporations, and private foundations to provide resources for the Festival’s performances. Without you and your support, we would not enjoy the world-class music the Festival brings each year.

Bach Virtuosi Festival in concert
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