News & Media
Press Herald: Promising Young Musicians
June 20, 2022
For the first time in three years, the six-week long Bowdoin International Music Festival will welcome live, in-person audiences. “I think everybody is ecstatic,” said David Ying, who serves as co-artistic director of the festival with his brother, Phillip. “Classical music, and chamber music especially, it’s so personal and so based on human-to-h ...
Celebrate the New Year with Music
December 31, 2021
From everyone at the Festival, we wish you all the best in 2022. And we hope you enjoy five new additions to our YouTube Channel.FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847)String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80Nelson Lee, Meg Freivogel, violin • Liz Freivogel, viola • Daniel McDonough, celloPOLINA NAZAYKINSKAYA (b. 1987)A Glimpse of HopeAngie Zhang,* pianoANDREIA P ...
Applications for 2022 Music Institute Open!
November 2, 2021
Applications are now open for the Bowdoin International Music Festival's summer Music Institute, which will be in session June 25 – August 6, 2022. Each year, the Festival welcomes more than 250 students to Brunswick, Maine from around the globe to participate in an intensive exploration of chamber and solo music with 80 faculty and guest artists hailing f ...
An Unforgettable Summer — Photo Slideshow
August 14, 2021
Dear Friends, Our 2021 Festival has been an unforgettable summer season. Making music together is one of the most powerful ways that we celebrate our shared humanity, and being able to do so once again energized us all. For nearly every member of our community, this was the first in-person musical experience in 15 months. One of our artist faculty mem ...
Announcing the 2021 Season Program
June 1, 2021
Dear Friends, It’s our pleasure to introduce the Bowdoin International Music Festival’s 2021 season. Over 200 students and 50 faculty and guest artists will be on campus in Brunswick, Maine for a dynamic summer of performance and learning. While we are overjoyed to make music in person again, unfortunately, we are not able to invite public audience ...
Festival Returns to Brunswick for 2021 Season
April 12, 2021
The Bowdoin International Music Festival is set to return to Brunswick this summer, gathering world-renowned musicians and students for an intensive schedule of chamber music study and performance. The decision to return in person was made last week at a special meeting of the Festival’s board. “Our priority this summer is the health and safety or our st ...
Ying Quartet Announces Four More Programs
February 1, 2021
The Ying Quartet Announces Four More Programs Part of Beethoven Cycle Partnership with Bowdoin Festival, Chautauqua, and Eastman Media Contacts: Bowdoin International Music Festival Grace Bell, Director of Admissions and Operations grace@bowdoinfestival.org; (207) 373-1441 Chautauqua Institution Jordan Steves, Director of Communications jsteves@c ...
Ying Quartet Presents Beethoven Cycle
December 4, 2020
Only Art Held Me: The Ying Quartet Presents the Beethoven Cycle Partnership with Bowdoin Festival, Chautauqua, and Eastman Media Contacts: Bowdoin International Music Festival Grace Bell, Director of Admissions and Operations grace@bowdoinfestival.org; (207) 373-1441 Chautauqua Institution Jordan Steves, Director of Communications jsteves@chq.org ...
Thank you for joining us online
August 10, 2020
Dear Friends, Thank you for joining us online this season. We missed seeing you in person, but we are grateful that we were still able to be with each other as a virtual community because music is better together. Many members of our Festival community made this online season possible, and we extend our deep appreciation to: our dedicated facul ...
Welcome to our 2020 Season
June 29, 2020
Festival Artistic Directors David Ying and Phillip Ying welcome students, faculty, and friends to our 2020 online season.