Inspired by J. S. Bach's 333rd birthday, the 2019 Festival celebrates this Master of Adoration, Variation, and Transformation.
Festival musicians, chefs, and visual artists explore the profound output of Bach’s work and play on ideas of variation, transformation as well as the number three.

To mark Bach’s 333rd anniversary, the Festival features events such as “333 minutes of Bach” and the performance of 333 Bach chorales throughout the entire Festival. We welcome to the Festival stage cellist Matt Haimovitz, poet Dana Gioia, the Barkada Saxophone Quartet, chef Eric Takahashi, and visual artist Amy Pleasant.