EUGENE–Peter Van Heyghen, a Belgian virtuoso recorder player and early-music scholar, will visit the University of Oregon July 9—10 as the Oregon Humanities Center’s Summer Distinguished Visiting Lecturer.

He will present a free public lecture-demonstration on "The Recorder in Seventeenth-Century Italian Music" from 3—6 p.m. on Monday, July 9, in the Browsing Room of the Knight Library, 1501 Kincaid St. Joining him will be harpsichordist Kris Verhelst and baroque cellist Marc Vanscheeuwijck.

On Tuesday, July 10, Van Heyghen will present a seminar for faculty and graduate students on "French and Italian ‘National’ Styles in Baroque Music" in Room 159 of Prince Lucien Campbell Hall, 1415 Kincaid St., the Humanities Center’s conference room. The morning session is set from 10 a.m.— noon, followed by a lunch break before the afternoon session resumes from 2—4 p.m. Participants must register in advance, and seating is limited.

Van Heyghen is a graduate of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Ghent, where he obtained diplomas in music history and chamber music, as well as the Soloist’s Diploma on recorder. He has participated in master classes with Frans Brueggen and Kees Boeke, and he has studied with Bruce Dickey in Bologna and the Schola Cantorum in Basel, specializing in the performance practice of Renaissance and Baroque music.

Professor Van Heyghen currently teaches recorder, chamber music, historical performance practice and philosophy of early music at two of the most prestigious early-music institutions in continental Europe, the royal conservatories of Brussels and The Hague. As a teacher in the more historical and theoretical aspects of Renaissance and Baroque music performance, he attracts students from more than 20 different nations to his classes.

Van Heyghen is not only an expert performer, whose impressive discography is of the highest quality, but also a distinguished musicologist whose original work on the 17th-century recorder is now considered to be of fundamental importance in the field.

A performer throughout Europe and the United States, Van Heyghen leads the ensemble More Maiorum. As a researcher, he investigates collections of historical instruments and music.

For information about either event or to reserve a space at the seminar, browse <http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~humanctr/> or call the Oregon Humanities Center, (541) 346-3934 or 346-1001.

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