BOWDOIN INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL CELEBRATING 60 YEARS 2024
Our 60th Season
JUNE
24 – AUGUST 2, 2024
For six decades, the Bowdoin International Music Festival has brought world-renowned artists and dedicated students to Brunswick, Maine to collaborate and share the profound power of chamber music. This summer we are pleased to present twenty subscription series concerts featuring our outstanding faculty and guest artists. In addition, we hope you will join us for free student performances, community concerts, masterclasses, and more throughout our six weeks. Explore the wonderful variety of programming in the pages that follow. We look forward to a memorable summer celebrating 60 years of chamber music in Brunswick.
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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: $816 (17% savings)
Twelve-Concert Flex Pass
Tickets to 12 concerts of your choosing
Cost: $522 (11% savings)
Six-Concert Flex Pass
Tickets to 6 concerts of your choosing
Cost: $270 (8% savings)
Individual Tickets
Cost: $49 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 on 6/28, 7/5, 7/12, 7/19, 7/26, and Nomad Pizza on 8/2.
Festival Sponsors
Thank you to our sponsors and the hundreds of individual donors who make our season possible!
2024 SEASON SPONSORS
Steinway & Sons
Bath Savings Broadreach PR
The Brunswick Hotel CelloBello
Down East Magazine
The Highlands
HM Payson
Islebrook Village
Maine Public OneSixtyFive
Piper Shores
Portland Press Herald
Raymond James
The Times Record
Thornton Oaks
The Violin Channel
Ying Quartet with Soyeon Kate Lee
MONDAY JUNE 24
7:30 PM | Studzinski
YING QUARTET
Robin Scott, Janet Ying, violin
Phillip Ying, viola • David Ying, cello
JOSEPH HAYDN
String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 50, No. 1, “Prussian”
BÉLA BARTÓK
String Quartet No. 2, Sz. 67
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81
Soyeon Kate Lee, piano
P. 3
Foote, Schubert, & Mendelssohn
WEDNESDAY JUNE 26
7:30 PM | Studzinski
ARTHUR FOOTE
At Dusk
Linda Chesis, flute • Keiko Ying, cello
June Han, harp
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Fantasie in C Major, D. 934
Ayano Ninomiya, violin • Pei-Shan Lee, piano
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49
Ian Swensen, violin • Steven Doane, cello
Weicong Zhang, piano
Beethoven, Cuong, & Beach
FRIDAY JUNE 28
7:30 PM |
Studzinski
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
String Trio in D Major, Op. 9, No. 2
Renée Jolles, violin • Maiya Papach, viola
Jeffrey Zeigler, cello
VIET CUONG
Electric Aroma
Linda Chesis, flute • Fellow, clarinet
Luke Rinderknecht, percussion • Fellow, piano
AMY BEACH
Piano Quintet in F-sharp Minor, Op. 67
Ayano Ninomiya, Janet Ying, violin • Rebecca Albers, viola • David Ying, cello • Tao Lin, piano
MEET THE ARTISTS!
Post-Concert Reception: Brunswick Hotel
Pacifica Quartet
MONDAY JULY 1
7:30 PM | Studzinski
PACIFICA QUARTET
Simin Ganatra, Austin Hartman, violin
Mark Holloway, viola • Brandon Vamos, cello
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 68
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132
Alumni Featured: Pacifica violinist Simin Ganatra and cellist Brandon Vamos met while students at the Festival in 1989.
Grieg, Schnittke, & Clarke
WEDNESDAY JULY 3
7:30 PM | Studzinski
EDVARD GRIEG
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in G Major, Op. 13
Ian Swensen, violin • Weicong Zhang, piano
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Hymn I
Jeffrey Zeigler, cello • June Han, harp
Luke Rinderknecht, timpani
REBECCA CLARKE
Piano Trio (1921)
Robin Scott, violin • Ahrim Kim, cello
Julian Martin, piano
P. 7
Prestini, Szymanowski, & Brahms
FRIDAY JULY 5
7:30 PM | Studzinski
PAOLA PRESTINI
Mother Moon Songs (World Premiere)
Soyeon Kate Lee, piano
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Sonata for Violin and Piano in D Minor, Op. 9
Ani Schnarch, violin • Tao Lin, piano
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87
Renée Jolles, violin • Steven Doane, cello
Ran Dank, piano
MEET THE ARTISTS!
Post-Concert Reception: Brunswick Hotel
Talea Ensemble
SUNDAY JULY 7
2:00 PM | Studzinski
Presented as part of the Gamper Festival of Contemporary Music, which represents a sustained commitment to nurturing and promoting the music of our time. See page 23 for more Gamper programming.
OLGA NEUWIRTH
coronAtion II: Naufraghi del mondo che hanno ancora un cuore
ANTHONY CHEUNG
Clocks for Seeing
ANDILE KHUMALO
Iso(r)
DEREK BERMEL
Language Instruction
ZOSHA DI CASTRI
La forma dello spazio
P. 9
Brentano Quartet
MONDAY JULY 8
7:30 PM | Studzinski
BRENTANO QUARTET
Mark Steinberg, Serena Canin, violin
Misha Amory, viola • Nina Lee, cello
JOSEPH HAYDN
String Quartet in G Major, Op. 33, No. 5, “Russian”
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 44, No. 1
Alumni Featured: Brentano violinist Serena Canin attended the Festival as a student for five summers in the ’80s.
León, Bernstein, & Ravel
WEDNESDAY JULY 10
7:30 PM | Studzinski
TANIA LEÓN del Caribe, soy!
Laura del Sol Jiménez, flute • Tao Lin, piano
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Derek Bermel, clarinet • Pei-Shan Lee, piano
TANIA LEÓN
Mosaicos
Monica Ellis, bassoon • Tao Lin, piano
MAURICE RAVEL
Piano Trio in A Minor
Ian Swensen, violin • Ahrim Kim, cello
Ran Dank, piano
MEET THE COMPOSER TALK: TANIA LEÓN
July 9 at 10 AM | Studzinski Rehearsal Room
Alexi Kenney Plays Sibelius
FRIDAY July 12
7:30 PM | Crooker
LEOŠ JANÁČEK
Mládí “Youth”
Monica Ellis, bassoon • Wind Felllows
OLLI MUSTONEN
Nonet, No. 2
Fellows, violin • Rebecca Albers, Fellow, viola
Jeffrey Zeigler, Fellow, cello
Anthony Manzo, bass
JEAN SIBELIUS
Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47
Alexi Kenney, violin
Jayce Ogren, conductor Festival Orchestra
MEET THE ARTISTS!
Post-Concert Reception: Brunswick Hotel
Jupiter Quartet with Pei-Shan Lee
MONDAY JULY 15
7:30 PM | Studzinski
JUPITER QUARTET
Nelson Lee, Meg Freivogel, violin
Liz Freivogel, viola • Daniel McDonough, cello
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95, “Serioso”
ELIZABETH MACONCHY
String Quartet No. 3
CARLOS SIMON
An Elegy: A Cry from the Grave
EDWARD ELGAR
Piano Quintet in A Minor, Op. 84
Pei-Shan Lee, piano
P. 13
Arensky, Fujikura, & Brahms
WEDNESDAY JULY 17
7:30 PM | Studzinski
ANTON ARENSKY
Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 32
Sergiu Schwartz, violin • David Ying, cello Tao Lin, piano
DAI FUJIKURA
Cosmic Breath
Fellow, flute • Fellow, oboe • Fellow, clarinet Fellow, horn • Fellow, bassoon
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Trio in A Minor, Op. 114
Stephen Williamson, clarinet • Amir Eldan, cello Elinor Freer, piano
MEET THE COMPOSER TALK: DAI FUJIKURA
July 18 at 1 PM | Studzinski Rehearsal Room
Fujikura, Prokofiev, & Mozart
FRIDAY JULY 19
7:30 PM | Studzinski
DAI FUJIKURA
Floating Fireflies
June Han, harp
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 80
Nelson Lee, violin • Pei-Shan Lee, piano
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581
Stephen Williamson, clarinet • YooJin Jang, Meg Freivogel, violin • Lesley Robertson, viola
Denise Djokic, cello
MEET THE ARTISTS!
Post-Concert Reception: Brunswick Hotel
Miró Quartet with Elinor Freer
MONDAY JULY 22
7:30 PM | Studzinski
MIRÓ QUARTET
Daniel Ching, William Fedkenheuer, violin
John Largess, viola • Joshua Gindele, cello
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Major, K. 493
Elinor Freer, piano
ALBERTO GINASTERA
String Quartet No. 1, Op. 20
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10
Alumni Featured: Miró violinists
Daniel Ching and William Fedkenheuer attended the Festival as students in 1991.
Chen, Schumann, & Brahms
WEDNESDAY JULY 24
7:30 PM | Studzinski
QIGANG CHEN
Voyage d’un Reve
Fellow, flute • Fellow, violin • Fellow, viola • Fellow, cello • June Han, harp • Luke Rinderknecht, percussion
CLARA WIECK SCHUMANN
Drei Romanzen, Op. 22
Sergiu Schwartz, violin • Jeewon Park, piano
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 26
YooJin Jang, violin • Kirsten Docter, viola
Amir Eldan, cello • HieYon Choi, piano
P. 17
Mozart, Morlock, & Brahms
FRIDAY JULY 26
7:30 PM | Studzinski
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, K. 478
Mikhail Kopelman, violin • Phillip Ying, viola
Keiko Ying, cello • Jeewon Park, piano
JOCELYN MORLOCK
Three Meditations on Light
Denise Djokic, cello • June Han, harp
JOHANNES BRAHMS
String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36
Nelson Lee, Meg Freivogel, violin • Liz Freivogel, Phillip Ying, viola • Daniel McDonough, David Ying, cello
MEET THE ARTISTS!
Post-Concert Reception: Brunswick Hotel
Jon Nakamatsu with Ying Quartet Members
SUNDAY JULY 28
2:00 PM | Studzinski
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28, “Pastorale”
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
Fantasy in F Minor, Op. 49
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25
Robin Scott, violin • Phillip Ying, viola
David Ying, cello • Jon Nakamatsu, piano
Festival faculty member Jon Nakamatsu is generously sponsored by Peter and Harriette Griffin.
Turtle Island Quartet
ISLAND PRAYERS
MONDAY JULY 29
7:30 PM | Studzinski
TURTLE ISLAND QUARTET
Gabe Terracciano, David Balakrishnan, violin
Benjamin von Gutzeit, viola
Naseem Alatrash, cello
DAVID BALAKRISHNAN
Little Mouse Jumps
Island Prayers
Groove in the Louvre
Darkness Dreaming
The Second Wave
TERENCE BLANCHARD
Turtle Trajectory
RHIANNON GIDDENS
Pompey Ran Away
JEROD IMPICHCHAACHAACHA’ TATE
Little Loksi’
Villa-Lobos, Montag, & Schubert
WEDNESDAY JULY 31
7:30 PM | Studzinski
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2, Op. 66
Denise Djokic, cello • Tao Lin, piano
VILMOS MONTAG
Sonata for Contrabass and Piano in E Minor
Jeremy McCoy, bass • Pei-Shan Lee, piano
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 114, D. 667, “The Trout”
Mikhail Kopelman, violin • Liz Freivogel, viola
Edward Arron, cello • Jeremy McCoy, bass
Elinor Freer, piano
P. 21
Sergei Babayan Plays Mozart
FRIDAY AUGUST 2
7:30 PM | Crooker
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285
Fellow, flute • Fellow, violin • Fellow, viola Fellow, cello
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
String Quintet No. 4 in G Minor, K. 516
Robin Scott, YooJin Jang, violin • Kirsten Docter, Lesley Robertson, viola • Edward Arron, cello
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major, K. 271
Sergei Babayan, piano
Peter Bay, conductor Festival Orchestra
MEET THE ARTISTS!
Post-Concert Reception: Nomad Pizza 14 Maine Street, Brunswick
Gamper Festival of Contemporary Music
Free Concerts
A sustained commitment to nurturing and promoting the music of our time. This year’s programming will feature works by alumni of the Festival’s composition program to honor our 60th anniversary. The Gamper Festival concludes on Sunday, July 7 at 2:00 PM (see page 9 for details).
THURSDAY JULY 4 7:30 PM | Studzinski
Timo Andres, 2003, 2004
Michael Fiday, 1990
Melissa Hui, 1993
Matthew Schultheis, 2018, 2024
Nina Shekhar, 2016
Elijah Daniel Smith, 2023
Nina Young, 2002, 2008
SATURDAY JULY 6 7:30 PM | Studzinski
Nick DiBerardino, 2012
Natalie Draper, 2014
Sean Friar, 2007
Fang Man, 2001
Jorge Muñiz, 1999
Sid Richardson, 2017
Tyler Taylor, 2021
P. 23
Young Artists Series
Free Concerts
Performances by the Festival’s talented student musicians in Studzinski Recital Hall.
JUNE
Thurs, June 27: 7:00 PM
Sat, June 29: 9:00 PM
Guinea Pigs in Bow Ties
Sun, June 30: 7:00 PM
JULY
Tues, July 2: 7:00 PM
Sat, July 6: 2:00 PM
Tues, July 9: 3:00 PM
Tues, July 9: 7:00 PM
Thurs, July 11: 1:00 PM
Thurs, July 11: 7:00 PM
Fri, July 12: 1:00 PM
Tues, July 16: 7:00 PM
Thurs, July 18: 7:00 PM
AUGUST
Thurs, August 1: 1:00 PM
Thurs, August 1: 7:00 PM
Fri, August 2: 1:00 PM
Sat, July 20: 7:00 PM Sun, July 21: 7:00 PM
Tues, July 23: 7:00 PM
Thurs, July 25: 7:00 PM
Sat, July 27: 1:00 PM Sat, July 27: 7:00 PM Sun, July 28: 7:00 PM
Tues, July 30: 1:00 PM
Tues, July 30: 7:00 PM
Community Concerts
Free Concerts
Join us at arts and community centers, breweries, churches, libraries, museums, and more throughout the Midcoast region!
Sat, June 29: 2:00 PM Flight Deck Brewing
Sun, June 30, 3:00 PM Meetinghouse Arts
Tues, July 2: 2:00 PM The Highlands
Wed, July 3: 2:00 PM Phippsburg Church
Fri, July 5: 2:00 PM Thornton Oaks
Sat, July 6: 10:00 AM Family Series Curtis Library
Tues, July 9: 3:00 PM Piper Shores
Wed, July 10: 2:00 PM Topsham Library
Thurs, July 11: 2:00 PM People Plus
Sat, July 13: 10:00 AM Family Series Bowdoin College Museum
Sun, July 14: 12:00 PM Maine Beer Company
Mon, July 15: 2:00 PM Day’s Ferry Church
Wed, July 17: 2:00 PM The Highlands
Thurs, July 18: 11:00 AM Bowdoin College Museum
Thurs, July 18: 2:00 PM OceanView
Sat, July 20: 4:00 PM Family Series 60th Celebration Brunswick Town Green
Tues, July 23: 2:00 PM Farnsworth Museum
Concerts denoted “Family Series” will have programming and activities for children, although all ages welcome! Each concert will be individually curated to span various musical periods and instruments, introducing families to the rich tapestry of classical compositions.
Wed, July 24: 2:00 PM
Bath Patten Free Library
Thurs, July 25: 10:00 AM
Highland Green
Fri, July 26: 2:00 PM Thornton Oaks
Sat, July 27: 10:30 AM
Family Series
Portland Public Library
Tues, July 30: 6:00 PM
Sea Dogs Game, National Anthem
Wed, July 31: 10:00 AM Family Series
Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine
Thurs, August 1: 2:00 PM
Piper Shores
Please check bowdoinfestival.org/community-concerts for venue information; select concerts may require advanced reservations.
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