Bach in the Subways

An international movement to sow the seeds for future generations of classical music lovers by generating public interest and excitement for the art form.

Cellists of Otago celebrate Bach’s Birthday

Cellists of Otago celebrates Bach’s Birthday
Saturday 23 March, 4pm : Toitū Otago Settlers Museum

Cellists of Otago, the Dunedin based cello ensemble comprising 12 cellists, directed by Heleen du Plessis, will join the worldwide movement of Bach in the Subways 2019 by performing a 30-minute programme of works by this legendary composer in public spaces for free. Musicians all around the world will unite to perform for J.S Bach’s 334th birthday on 21 March and sow the seeds for future generations of classical music lovers.

Cellists of Otago celebrate Bach’s Birthday

Cellists of Otago celebrates Bach’s Birthday
Saturday 23 March, 2pm : Meridian Mall

Cellists of Otago, the Dunedin based cello ensemble comprising 12 cellists, directed by Heleen du Plessis, will join the worldwide movement of Bach in the Subways 2019 by performing a 30-minute programme of works by this legendary composer in public spaces for free. Musicians all around the world will unite to perform for J.S Bach’s 334th birthday on 21 March and sow the seeds for future generations of classical music lovers.

Stephen Gamboa-Diaz, harpsichord

Enjoy a brief recital of some of Bach’s most exciting and sublime keyboard music! As a soloist and chamber musician, harpsichordist Stephen Gamboa-Diaz has performed most recently with Elm City Consort, Chamber Music Silicon Valley, the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado, and the American Baroque Orchestra; and with his harpsichord duo, Zweikampf, for Michigan’s Academy of Early Music Series and Phoenix Early Music Society. He was a laureate of the 2012 Westfield International Harpsichord Competition, and his duo Zweikampf were finalists in Early Music America’s inaugural Baroque Performance Competition. Stephen completed his undergraduate studies at UC Berkeley under Davitt Moroney and Charlene Brendler, and his graduate work under Arthur Haas at SUNY Stony Brook at the Yale School of Music. When not playing harpsichord, Stephen Gamboa-Diaz is organist and choir director at Bethesda Lutheran Church in New Haven, CT and assistant for publications and communications at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music.