Our 61st Season
JUNE 30 – AUGUST 8, 2025
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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CONCERT VENUES
Studzinski Recital Hall 12 Campus Road S, Brunswick, ME 04011
Crooker Theater 116 Maquoit Road, Brunswick, ME 04011
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 (4 Noble Street, Brunswick).
Festival Sponsors
Thank you to our sponsors and the hundreds of individual donors who make our season possible!
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 with Derek Bermel
MONDAY JUNE 30
7:30 PM | Studzinski
YING QUARTET
Robin Scott, Janet Ying, violin
Phillip Ying, viola • David Ying, cello
FRANZ SCHUBERT
String Quartet No. 12 in C Minor, D. 703, “Quartettsatz”
DEREK BERMEL
A Short History of the Universe
Derek Bermel, clarinet
FRANZ SCHUBERT
String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810, “Death and the Maiden”
Mozart, Shaw, & Stravinsky
WEDNESDAY JULY 2
7:30 PM | Studzinski
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, K. 478
Robin Scott, violin • Melissa Reardon, viola
Ahrim Kim, cello • Julian Martin, piano
CAROLINE SHAW
Boris Kerner
Keiko Ying, cello • Luke Rinderknecht, percussion
IGOR STRAVINSKY
The Rite of Spring
Soyeon Kate Lee, Ran Dank, piano
Stravinsky, Prestini, & Schumann
FRIDAY JULY 4
7:30 PM | Studzinski
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Suite Italienne
Ian Swensen, violin • Weicong Zhang, piano
PAOLA PRESTINI
The Six Seasons of Trees
Linda Chesis, flute • Jeffrey Zeigler, cello
Luke Rinderknecht, percussion
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 63
Itamar Zorman, violin • Ahrim Kim, cello
Soyeon Kate Lee, piano
MEET THE ARTISTS!
Post-Concert Reception: Brunswick Hotel
Jasper String Quartet
MONDAY JULY 7
7:30 PM | Studzinski
JASPER STRING QUARTET
J Freivogel, Karen Kim, violin
Andrew Gonzalez, viola
Rachel Henderson Freivogel, cello
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Three Divertimenti
GABRIELA LENA FRANK
Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major, Op. 51, “Slavonic”
Beethoven, Ishizaki, & Brahms
WEDNESDAY JULY 9
7:30 PM | Studzinski
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Sonata for Piano and Cello No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2
Amir Eldan, cello • Pei-Shan Lee, piano
HANNAH ISHIZAKI
Obon Uta (World Premiere)
Jeffrey Zeigler, cello
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34
Itamar Zorman, Janet Ying, violin
Melissa Reardon, viola • Keiko Ying, cello
Ran Dank, piano
Poulenc, Pinto Correia, & Vaughan Williams
FRIDAY JULY 11
7:30 PM | Studzinski
FRANCIS POULENC
Sonata for Violin and Piano, FP 119
Ani Schnarch, violin • Tao Lin, piano
ANDREIA PINTO CORREIA
Cântico
Itamar Zorman, violin
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Piano Quintet in C Minor
Renée Jolles, violin • Melissa Reardon, viola
Amir Eldan, cello • Tracy Rowell, bass
Liza Stepanova, piano
MEET THE ARTISTS!
Post-Concert Reception: Brunswick Hotel
Gamper: Hub New Music
SUNDAY JULY 13
2:00 PM | Studzinski
HUB NEW MUSIC
Michael Avitabile, flutes
Gleb Kanasevich, clarinets
Magnolia Rohrer, violin/viola
Jesse Christeson, cello
ANGÉLICA NEGRÓN
Pedazos intermitentes de un lugar ya fragmentado
TYSHAWN SOREY
For Alvin Singleton
DONNACHA DENNEHY
Concertina
DAI WEI
How the Stars Vanish...
DANIEL THOMAS DAVIS
What If We’re Beautiful
Attacca Quartet
MONDAY JULY 14
7:30 PM | Studzinski
ATTACCA QUARTET
Amy Schroeder, Domenic Salerni, violin
Nathan Schram, viola • Andrew Yee, cello
CAROLINE SHAW
Entr’acte
Three Essays; Second Essay: Echo
The Evergreen; IV. Root
PAUL WIANCKO
Benkei’s Standing Death;
Part I: The Thousandth Encounter
RADIOHEAD [ARR. NATHAN SCHRAM]
2+2=5
MAURICE RAVEL
String Quartet in F Major; I. Allegro moderato — Très doux
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131
Zhou, Ysaÿe, & Dvořák
WEDNESDAY JULY 16
7:30 PM | Studzinski
ZHOU LONG Illusion
Todd Palmer, clarinet • Renée Jolles, violin
Jeffrey Zeigler, cello • Tao Lin, piano
EUGÈNE YSAŸE
Sonata for Two Violins in A Minor, Op. posth.
Itamar Zorman, Robin Scott, violin
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
Piano Trio No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 65
Ian Swensen, violin • David Ying, cello
Pei-Shan Lee, piano
Simone Porter Plays Bruch
FRIDAY JULY 18
7:30 PM | Crooker
ZHOU LONG
Poems from Tang Festival Fellows
ANDRÉ MESSAGER [ARR. TODD PALMER]
Suite from the ballet “Les Deux Pigeons”
Festival Fellows • Todd Palmer, clarinet
Phillip Ying, viola • Tracy Rowell, bass
June Han, harp
MAX BRUCH
Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46
Simone Porter, violin
Peter Bay, conductor Festival Orchestra
MEET THE ARTISTS!
Post-Concert Reception: Brunswick Hotel
Jupiter & Ying Quartets
MONDAY JULY 21
7:30 PM | Studzinski
RICHARD STRAUSS
Sextet from “Capriccio,” Op. 85
Nelson Lee, Meg Freivogel, violin
Liz Freivogel, Phillip Ying, viola
Daniel McDonough, David Ying, cello
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4
Nelson Lee, Meg Freivogel, violin
Liz Freivogel, Phillip Ying, viola
Daniel McDonough, David Ying, cello
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 77
Robin Scott, Janet Ying, violin • Phillip Ying, viola
David Ying, cello • Anthony Manzo, bass
Cuong, Rachmaninoff, & Beethoven
WEDNESDAY JULY 23
7:30 PM | Studzinski
VIET CUONG
Windmill
Festival Fellows • Luke Rinderknecht, vibraphone
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 19
David Ying, cello • Jon Nakamatsu, piano
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 97, “Archduke”
Robin Scott, violin • Daniel McDonough, cello
HieYon Choi, piano
Piazzolla, Thompson, & Shostakovich
FRIDAY JULY 25
7:30 PM | Studzinski
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
L’Histoire du Tango
YooJin Jang, violin • June Han, harp
CHRIS P. THOMPSON
Launch Party
Festival Fellows • Luke Rinderknecht, percussion
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57
Mikhail Kopelman, Meg Freivogel, violin
Liz Freivogel, viola • Daniel McDonough, cello
Elinor Freer, piano
MEET THE ARTISTS!
Post-Concert Reception: Brunswick Hotel
Takács Quartet
MONDAY JULY 28
7:30 PM | Studzinski
TAKÁCS QUARTET
Edward Dusinberre, Harumi Rhodes, violin
Richard O’Neill, viola • András Fejér, cello
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 74, No. 3, “The Rider”
NOKUTHULA NGWENYAMA
Flow
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3
Beethoven, Smetana, & Mozart
WEDNESDAY JULY 30
7:30 PM | Studzinski
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Piano Trio No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 1, No. 1
YooJin Jang, violin • Denise Djokic, cello
Tao Lin, piano
BEDŘICH SMETANA
From My Homeland
Sergiu Schwartz, violin • Jeewon Park, piano
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
String Quintet No. 3 in C Major, K. 515
Ayano Ninomiya, Meg Freivogel, violin
Atar Arad, Ivo-Jan van der Werff, viola
Denise Djokic, cello
Mendelssohn, Yun, & Brahms
FRIDAY AUGUST 1
7:30 PM | Studzinski
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 in D Major, Op. 58
Edward Arron, cello • Jeewon Park, piano
ISANG YUN
Duo for Cello and Harp
Denise Djokic, cello • June Han, harp
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60, “Werther”
Mikhail Kopelman, violin • Phillip Ying, viola
Edward Arron, cello • Pei-Shan Lee, piano
MEET THE ARTISTS!
Post-Concert Reception: Brunswick Hotel
Orion Weiss with YooJin Jang & Ying Quartet Members
SUNDAY AUGUST 3
2:00 PM | Studzinski
FRANZ LISZT
Les Jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este
ALBAN BERG
Piano Sonata, Op. 1
BOHUSLAV MARTINŮ
Piano Sonata, H. 350
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44
YooJin Jang, Robin Scott, violin
Phillip Ying, viola • David Ying, cello
Orion Weiss, piano
Jupiter Quartet with Jon Nakamatsu
MONDAY AUGUST 4
7:30 PM | Studzinski
JUPITER STRING QUARTET
Nelson Lee, Meg Freivogel, violin
Liz Freivogel, viola • Daniel McDonough, cello
JOHANNES BRAHMS
String Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 51, No. 1
CARLOS SIMON
Warmth from Other Suns
CÉSAR FRANCK
Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 14
Jon Nakamatsu, piano
Prokofiev, Williams, & Fauré
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 6
7:30 PM | Studzinski
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Sonata for Violin and Piano in D Major, Op. 94a
Ayano Ninomiya, violin • Pei-Shan Lee, piano
AMY WILLIAMS
Cineshape 3
Festival Fellows • Luke Rinderknecht, percussion
AMY WILLIAMS
Switch
Festival Fellows
GABRIEL FAURÉ
Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 15
Sergiu Schwartz, violin
Ivo-Jan van der Werff, viola
Edward Arron, cello
Jeewon Park, piano
Richard Goode Plays Mozart
FRIDAY AUGUST 8
7:30 PM | Crooker
PAQUITO D’RIVERA
Wapango
Festival Fellows • Toyin Spellman-Diaz, oboe
ERNST VON DOHNÁNYI
Sextet in C Major, Op. 37
Festival Fellows • YooJin Jang, violin
Liz Freivogel, viola • Denise Djokic, cello
Jon Nakamatsu, piano
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503
Richard Goode, piano
Peter Bay, conductor Festival Orchestra
MEET THE ARTISTS!
Post-Concert Reception: Brunswick Hotel
