CBF Live!
Bach Festival 2008 Season: July 19 – August 9 credits \ © 2006 Carmel Bach Festival

“Its most striking quality is sheer beauty, emerging in sudden flashes in rich, dark low notes or the majesty of full high fortes.”

–NEW YORK TIMES



Festival Soloists: Sanford Sylvan

Baritone – Montreal, QB, Canada

Sanford Sylvan has performed with many of the leading orchestras of the world including the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, London Symphony, Academy of Ancient Music and the NHK (Japanese Broadcasting Corporation) Symphony. He has performed in chamber music with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Boston Symphony Chamber Players and Muisc from Marlboro. Sylvan’s festival appearances have included the Edinburgh, Tanglewood, Vienna, Holland, Schleswig-Holstein Ojai and Oregon Bach Festival.

He has been seen internationally in portrayals of Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro and Don Alfonso in Costi fan tutti in segments of “Great Performances” on PBS. A Grammy and Emmy award winner, Sanford’s recordings are known throughout the world and appear on the Nonesuch, Decca, Harmonia Mundi, Musicmasters, Bridge, Koch, Virgin Classica, New World and CRI labels.