News & Media
State of the Art: Conversation with David Ying & Phillip Ying
June 17, 2024
The Bowdoin International Music Festival in Brunswick is marking its 60th anniversary year and 2024 sees this week’s guests, cellist David Ying and violist Philip Ying, in their tenth year as co-artistic directors. David and Phillip talk about community building in music education and professional life, the festival’s alumni legacy and the many ways ...
Alumni News: December 2023
December 11, 2023
Multiple Alumni Among 2024 Classical GRAMMY Nominees Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: American Stories Anthony McGill & Pacifica Quartet Festival Alumni: Simin Ganatra '89, '90, '91 and Brandon Vamos '89, '90, '91 of the Pacifica Quartet (check out this article in The Strad about Simin and Brandon, and how they met as students at the ...
The Strad Reviews 2023 Season
October 16, 2023
Bruce Hodges and Leah Hollingsworth, reviewers for The Strad magazine, tuned in to five Festival events during our 2023 season. They praise our faculty for their "soaring," "intimate," and "masterful" performances. Read the reviews online below. Concert Reviews: Bowdoin International Music Festival Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Friday, June 30, 2023 [p ...
Festival Launches Ying Quartet Series at Nomad
October 2, 2023
BRUNSWICK, ME — The Bowdoin International Music Festival is thrilled to launch a three-concert series featuring the Ying Quartet at Brunswick’s Nomad Pizza on October 23, February 12, and April 29. The series follows two popular Festival events at Nomad last year and will offer inspiring music collaborations, gourmet pizza, and craft beverages. “Our ...
The Strad Reviews the Ying Quartet
September 27, 2023
Bruce Hodges reviews the Ying Quartet's performance of Mozart, Kevin Puts and Dvořák at the Bowdoin International Music Festival's Studzinski Hall on July 10, 2023.
Alumni News: September 2023
September 21, 2023
Balourdet Quartet '22 The Balourdets are recent winners of a 2023 Barlow Endowment for Music Composition grant, and will begin close work with composer Paul Novak (a 2018 Festival alum) on a new commission. Having finished their residency at NEC, they now begin year-long residencies at Indiana University’s prestigious Jacobs School of Music and with the C ...
The Strad Reviews Bach, Schumann, and Mozart Performances
September 20, 2023
Leah Hollingsworth tuned in to the Festival livestream on July 5, 2023 to hear our faculty perform Bach, Schumann, and Mozart.
The Strad Reviews our Opening Week
August 31, 2023
Bruce Hodges reviewed two opening week performances at Studzinski Recital Hall — the concerts on June 28 and June 30.
Season Highlights from an Inspiring Summer
August 9, 2023
We extend our gratitude to you for making our 2023 season so special! Your participation has deepened our connections with each other and with music over the past six weeks. As we reflect upon this inspiring summer, we want to share just a few of many season highlights:VIEW THE PHOTO STORY
From the Chamber: Final week of BIMF
August 1, 2023
BY CORY KING FROM THE CHAMBER | TIMES RECORD It’s the unofficial vacation month for many Mainers as August is here and too many of us have begun asking, “Where did the summer go?” If you want to get some summer fun in before school starts, there are a number of constant opportunities like hiking trails, boat tours, golf courses an ...