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The 2016 Concert Season
March 30, 2016
It is our pleasure to introduce the Festival’s 2016 season: Re-Invention. In fact the idea of re-invention is always at the heart of composition, performance, and teaching—everything we do at BIMF. It also characterizes the growth process that keeps our Festival relevant and dynamic. The Monday Showcase series features string quartet based programs pl ...
Q&A with Xiaoxiao Du, violin
March 15, 2016
In the past few weeks we’ve spoken with a vast array of musicians, from pianists to violinists, cellists to double bassists. We’ve talked with participants from more than four continents. In that time we’ve learned a lot; such as the amount of love and care these individuals have for their craft and that being a musician isn’t always an easy endeavor ...
Q&A with Boris Abramov, violin
March 8, 2016
We’ve spent the past few weeks exploring the lives and inspirations of various musicians from all corners of the globe. But what happens when the student becomes the instructor? This week we sat down with a former student and now instructor, violinist Boris Abramov, to analyze that very question. Abramov was born in Azerbaijan in 1989 and began studying ...
Q&A with Alexa Ciciretti, cello
March 1, 2016
Every week we continue to dive deeper and deeper into what drives a person to a life of music. This week we spoke with cellist and five time Festival participant, Alexa Ciciretti. Speaking with Alexa was a real treat; after five years she has a richly earned and wonderfully diverse perspective on how the Festival has evolved over the years. An avid advocate ...
Q&A with Joon Yoon, piano
February 18, 2016
Every year Bowdoin International Music Festival brings together over 325 classical musicians, 250 of which are students, for six weeks of intensive chamber music study. These individuals have spent years perfecting their craft and working towards a future in music. Their skills are inspiring, their determination is unyielding, and the music they create is tr ...
Q&A with Teal Vickery, viola
January 28, 2016
What leads someone down the path to becoming a professional musician? What is it that inspires practice, patience, and perfectionism? These are all questions touched on in Beneath the Music; an interview series examining a life in music. In this interview, we sit down with violist and Maine native, Teal Vickery. BIMF: What drew you to a life in music? ...
Q&A with Isac Ryu, double bass
January 20, 2016
This week we sat down with Double Bassist Isac Ryu, a former student who went on to become a Kaplan Fellow at the Festival. We talked about life, inspiration, and the joys of a life in music. Now you can explore all this and more in our interview series with a handful of Bowdoin’s most talented and hard-working students. This is a rare opportunity to get ...
Q&A with Michael-Thomas Foumai, composer
January 13, 2016
What inspires an individual to create music? What leads someone down the path to becoming a professional musician? What is it that drives creation, transformation, and discovery? These are all questions explored in this new interview series with a handful of Bowdoin’s most talented and hard-working students. This is your chance to peek behind the stage and ...
Q&A with Kristin Leitterman
November 25, 2015
On Monday, December 7, 2015, Festival fellows will be presenting a special concert in New York City. The concert will be an evening of music by Barber, Lavignac, Martinů, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, and Michael-Thomas Foumai, our first Kaplan Fellow in composition. The performance begins at 7:30pm at Christ & St. Stephens Church. In preparation for the event ...
Fellows in Concert in New York: Sounds of Summer
November 6, 2015
Fellows in Concert in New York: Sounds of Summer A Night with the Fellows Monday, December 7, 7:30 pm Christ & St. Stephen’s Church, 120 West 69th Street, New York The Festival’s Fellows have arranged an evening of music by Barber, Lavignac, Martinů, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, and Michael-Thomas Foumai, the Festival's first composition fellow. Th ...