2026 Ticket Brochure

Bowdoin

International

Music Festival 2026 SEASON

JUNE 29 – AUG 7

207-373-1400

bowdoinfestival.org

Our 62nd Season JUNE 29 – AUGUST 7, 2026

The Bowdoin International Music Festival brings world-renowned artists and passionate students to Brunswick, Maine to collaborate and celebrate the power of chamber music. This summer we are delighted to present twenty subscription series concerts featuring our exceptional faculty and guest artists. We also invite you to enjoy free student performances, community concerts, masterclasses, and more throughout our six-week season. Discover the rich variety of programming in the pages ahead. We look forward to sharing an unforettable summer of music with you in Brunswick.

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View Programming: bowdoinfestival.org/events Order Online: bowdoinfestival.org/tickets P: 207-373-1400 E: lori@bowdoinfestival.org CONCERT VENUES Studzinski Recital Hall 12 Campus Road S, Brunswick, ME 04011 Crooker Theater 116 Maquoit Road, Brunswick, ME 04011

Studzinski Recital Hall

TICKET INFORMATION Season Pass Tickets to all 20 faculty & guest artist concerts Cost: $920 (16% savings) Twelve-Concert Flex Pass Tickets to 12 concerts of your choosing Cost: $591 (10% savings) Six-Concert Flex Pass Tickets to 6 concerts of your choosing Cost: $306 (7% savings) Individual Tickets Cost: $55 each Ticket Policies Festival programs are subject to change. Ticket purchases are non-refundable; tickets returned to the Festival for resale are tax deductible.

POST-CONCERT RECEPTIONS ON FRIDAYS Join us after every Friday concert to meet the artists and connect with fellow Festival community members. Receptions will be held at the Brunswick Hotel (4 Noble Street, Brunswick).

Festival Sponsors Thank you to our sponsors and the hundreds of individual donors who make our season possible!

2026 SEASON SPONSORS Steinway & Sons Bath Savings The Brunswick Hotel CelloBello Down East Magazine The Highlands HM Payson Lebel & Harriman

Maine Public OneSixtyFive Piper Shores Portland Press Herald Raymond James The Times Record Thornton Oaks The Violin Channel

Ying Quartet MONDAY JUNE 29 7:30 PM | Studzinski

YING QUARTET Robin Scott, Janet Ying, violin Phillip Ying, viola • David Ying, cello FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 20, No. 3, Hob. III:33 BILLY CHILDS String Quartet No. 2, “Awakening” LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2

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Schubert, Ogonek, & Bartók WEDNESDAY JULY 1 7:30 PM | Studzinski FRANZ SCHUBERT String Trio in B-flat Major, D. 581 Renée Jolles, violin • Melissa Reardon, viola David Ying, cello ELIZABETH OGONEK Running at Still Life Dōnum Quartet: Seungwon Park, Inhae Cho, violin Ilgyeong Shin, viola • Hyeonmin Lee, cello BÉLA BARTÓK [ARR. SKELTON] Concerto for Orchestra, arranged for two pianos (world premiere) Soyeon Kate Lee, Ran Dank, piano

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Wiancko, Ogonek, Schulhoff, & Smetana FRIDAY JULY 3 7:30 PM | Studzinski

PAUL WIANCKO Toy Bricks Renée Jolles, violin • Fellow, cello David Ying, cello • Anthony Manzo, bass ELIZABETH OGONEK Falling Up Fellows on flute, oboe & English horn, clarinet, violin, viola ERWIN SCHULHOFF Duo for Violin and Cello Robin Scott, violin • Amir Eldan, cello BEDŘICH SMETANA Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 15 Ayano Ninomiya, violin • Amir Eldan, cello Tao Lin, piano

MEET THE ARTISTS! Post-Concert Reception: Brunswick Hotel

Lysander Piano Trio MONDAY JULY 6 7:30 PM | Studzinski

LYSANDER PIANO TRIO Itamar Zorman, violin • James Kim, cello Liza Stepanova, piano ENRIQUE GRANADOS [ARR. CASSADO] Intermezzo from “Goyescas” FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN Piano Trio in G Major, Op. 82, No. 2, Hob. XV:25, “Rondo all’Ongarese” JENNIFER HIGDON Color Through ARNOLD SCHOENBERG [ARR. STEUERMANN] Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4

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Ludwig, Penderecki, Mahler, & Franck WEDNESDAY JULY 8 7:30 PM | Studzinski DAVID LUDWIG Canzoniere Linda Chesis, flute • Robin Scott, Janet Ying, violin • Phillip Ying, viola David Ying, cello KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI Duo Concertante for Violin and Bass Ayano Ninomiya, violin • Anthony Manzo, bass GUSTAV MAHLER Piano Quartet in A Minor Renée Jolles, violin • Melissa Reardon, viola Ahrim Kim, cello • Liza Stepanova, piano CÉSAR FRANCK Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major Robin Scott, violin • Ran Dank, piano

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Pinto Correia, Elgar, & Fauré FRIDAY JULY 10 7:30 PM | Studzinski ANDREIA PINTO CORREIA Pleistocene Landscapes Jeffrey Zeigler, cello EDWARD ELGAR Sonata for Violin and Piano in E Minor, Op. 82 Ani Schnarch, violin • Tao Lin, piano GABRIEL FAURÉ Piano Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 45 Itamar Zorman, violin • Maiya Papach, viola Ahrim Kim, cello • Soyeon Kate Lee, piano

MEET THE ARTISTS! Post-Concert Reception: Brunswick Hotel

Ensemble Dal Niente SUNDAY JULY 12 2:00 PM | Studzinski ENSEMBLE DAL NIENTE Amanda DeBoer Bartlett, soprano Emma Hospelhorn, flute • Chris Wild, cello Mabel Kwan, piano KAIJA SAARIAHO Cendres HILDA PAREDES Canciones sobre poemas de Eduardo Hurtado ANDILE KHUMALO IsO[r] REBECCA SAUNDERS O Yes & I SALVATORE SCIARRINO Ultime Rose (da Vanitas)

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Brentano Quartet MONDAY JULY 13 7:30 PM | Studzinski BRENTANO STRING QUARTET Mark Steinberg, Serena Canin, violin Misha Amory, viola • Nina Lee, cello LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1

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Bridge, Clarke, & Brahms WEDNESDAY JULY 15 7:30 PM | Studzinski

FRANK BRIDGE Phantasy for Piano Quartet in F-sharp Minor, H. 94 Renée Jolles, violin • Phillip Ying, viola Keiko Ying, cello • Tao Lin, piano REBECCA CLARKE Sonata for Viola and Piano Rebecca Albers, viola • Tao Lin, piano JOHANNES BRAHMS Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60, “Werther” Itamar Zorman, violin • Maiya Papach, viola Amir Eldan, cello • Julian Martin, piano

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Zlatomir Fung Plays Tchaikovsky FRIDAY JULY 17 7:30 PM | Crooker

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART String Quintet No. 4 in G Minor, K. 516 Itamar Zorman, Robin Scott, violin Maiya Papach, Rebecca Albers, viola Ahrim Kim, cello PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 Zlatomir Fung, cello • Peter Bay, conductor Festival Orchestra

MEET THE ARTISTS! Post-Concert Reception: Brunswick Hotel

Jupiter & Ying Quartets MONDAY JULY 20 7:30 PM | Studzinski

JUPITER STRING QUARTET Mélanie Clapiès, Meg Freivogel, violin Liz Freivogel, viola • Daniel McDonough, cello YING QUARTET Robin Scott, Janet Ying, violin Phillip Ying, viola • David Ying, cello JOHANNES BRAHMS String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 18 Mélanie Clapiès, Meg Freivogel, violin Liz Freivogel, Phillip Ying, viola Daniel McDonough, David Ying, cello FELIX MENDELSSOHN Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20 Robin Scott, Janet Ying, Mélanie Clapiès, Meg Freivogel, violin Phillip Ying, Liz Freivogel, viola David Ying, Daniel McDonough, cello

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Farr, Beethoven, & Dvořák WEDNESDAY JULY 22 7:30 PM | Studzinski

GARETH FARR Taheke for Flute and Harp Fellow, flute • June Han, harp LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat Major, Op. 16 Corinne Foley, oboe • Michael Wayne, clarinet Abigail Lopez, bassoon • Oved Rico, horn Elinor Freer, piano ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81 Mikhail Kopelman, Meg Freivogel, violin Che-Yen Chen, viola • Edward Arron, cello Jeewon Park, piano

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Schumann, Prokofiev, & Brahms FRIDAY JULY 24 7:30 PM | Studzinski

ROBERT SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 Michael Wayne, clarinet • Elinor Freer, piano SERGEI PROKOFIEV Quintet in G Minor, Op. 39 Corinne Foley, oboe • Michael Wayne, clarinet YooJin Jang, violin • Liz Freivogel, viola Tracy Rowell, bass JOHANNES BRAHMS Sonata in F Minor for Two Pianos, Op. 34b Jon Nakamatsu, HieYon Choi, piano

MEET THE ARTISTS! Post-Concert Reception: Brunswick Hotel

Shanghai Quartet MONDAY JULY 27 7:30 PM | Studzinski

SHANGHAI QUARTET Weigang Li, Angelo Xiang Yu, violin Honggang Li, viola • Sihao He, cello FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 74 No. 3, Hob. III:74, “Rider” ZHOU LONG Chinese Folk Songs ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96, “American”

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Beethoven, Hesketh, & Glinka WEDNESDAY JULY 29 7:30 PM | Studzinski

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Piano Trio No. 5 in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1, “Ghost” Sergiu Schwartz, violin Daniel McDonough, cello Tao Lin, piano KENNETH HESKETH Two Epitaphia Jeffrey Zeigler, cello MIKHAIL GLINKA Grand Sextet in E-flat Major Mikhail Kopelman, YooJin Jang, violin Phillip Ying, viola • Keiko Ying, cello Tracy Rowell, bass • Tao Lin, piano

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Bloch, Hesketh, & Schubert FRIDAY JULY 31 7:30 PM | Studzinski

ERNEST BLOCH Baal Shem Suite Sergiu Schwartz, violin • Tao Lin, piano KENNETH HESKETH Time’s Music Box Fellows on flute, clarinet, horn, violin, cello, piano • Luke Rinderknecht, percussion FRANZ SCHUBERT Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 99, D. 898 Robin Scott, violin • Ahrim Kim, cello HieYon Choi, piano

MEET THE ARTISTS! Post-Concert Reception: Brunswick Hotel

Frank Huang & Friends SUNDAY AUGUST 2 2:00 PM | Studzinski

Programming to be announced.

Frank Huang joined the New York Philharmonic as Concertmaster in September 2015. The First Prize Winner of the 2003 Walter W. Naumburg Foundation’s Violin Competition and the 2000 Hannover International Violin Competition, he has established a major career as a violin virtuoso. In addition to his solo activities, Huang is deeply committed to chamber music. He is a member of the New York Philharmonic String Quartet, established in the 2016–17 season, and has performed at the Marlboro Music Festival, Ravinia’s Steans Institute, Seattle Chamber Music Festival, and Caramoor. He also served as first violinist of the Grammy Award–winning Ying Quartet for their 2009–10 season.

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Jupiter String Quartet MONDAY AUGUST 3 7:30 PM | Studzinski JUPITER STRING QUARTET Mélanie Clapiès, Meg Freivogel, violin Liz Freivogel, viola • Daniel McDonough, cello FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN String Quartet in C Major, Op. 33, No. 3, Hob. III:39 CLARICE ASSAD Canções da America JOHANNES BRAHMS String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2

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Bach, Beethoven, & Mendelssohn WEDNESDAY AUGUST 5 7:30 PM | Studzinski

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Sonata in G Minor, BWV 1020 Toyin Spellman-Diaz, oboe • June Han, harp LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 7 in C Minor, Op. 30, No. 2 YooJin Jang, violin • Pei-Shan Lee, piano FELIX MENDELSSOHN String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 87 Ian Swensen, Mélanie Clapiès, violin Che-Yen Chen, Liz Freivogel, viola Daniel McDonough, cello

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Jon Nakamatsu Plays Rachmaninoff FRIDAY AUGUST 7 7:30 PM | Crooker

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Piano Trio No. 6 in E-flat Major, Op. 70, No. 2 Ian Swensen, violin • David Ying, cello Pei-Shan Lee, piano SERGEI RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 Jon Nakamatsu, piano • Peter Bay, conductor Festival Orchestra

MEET THE ARTISTS! Post-Concert Reception: Brunswick Hotel

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