Online Encounter Broadcasts

Music@Menlo is pleased to release online broadcasts of select Encounters from the 2014 and 2013 festivals!

Encounters, Music@Menlo’s signature series of evening-length multimedia lectures led by an elite group of today’s renowned musical authorities, illuminate the essence and context of the festival’s music through insightful discussion and live musical examples and by drawing connections to other art forms.

Links to the broadcasts are available below. Please note that you will need a password and login information to access these videos. Request a login/password now.»

If you already have login information, you may watch the broadcasts below:

2014 Encounters

  • July 18, 2014 – Dvořák at the Crossroads of the Nations, led by David Beveridge | Watch now.»
  • August 3, 2014 – From Exoticism to Folklorism: The Quest for Musical Authenticity, led by Michael Parloff | Watch now.»
  • August 7, 2014 – Forbidden Music, led by Ara Guzelimian | Watch now.»

2013 Encounters

  • July 18, 2013 – In the Beginning…There Was Bach, led by Ara Guzelimian | Watch now.»
  • July 26, 2013 – Keyboard Evolution: How Bach’s Instruments Became the Modern Piano, led by Stuart Isacoff | Watch now.»
  • August 4, 2013 – The Art of Late Bach: Exploring Musical Offering and The Art of Fugue, led by Michael Parloff | Watch now.»
  • August 8, 2013 – The Passion According to Sebastian Bach, led by Patrick Castillo | Watch now.»

The online release of Music@Menlo’s Encounter lecture series is made possible through gifts to the Tenth-Anniversary Campaign.


Web broadcasts of this season’s master classes and Café Conversations are also available on Music@Menlo’s website. Watch now