The Bowdoin International Music Festival returns this June for its 59th season presenting world-renowned classical musicians. The festival will produce nearly 100 performances over six weeks, June 26 to Aug. 4, including daily free concerts. The festival’s summer institute runs alongside public performances, bringing to Maine 275 young musicians selected through an increasingly competitive admissions […]
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Bowdoin International Music Festival presents the Ying and Balourdet quartets
The Bowdoin International Music Festival will present a special May 1 spring concert at Nomad Pizza featuring two string quartets — the world-renowned Ying Quartet and the rising Balourdet Quartet. The two quartets will team up for a performance of Mendelssohn’s Octet. The Ying Quartet is an ensemble-in-residence at the festival each summer season where […]
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From the Chamber: Never too early to mark your calendars
In last week’s column about our guest guide surveys, we asked, “What’s your favorite event?”, “What’s your favorite walking trail?” and “What’s your favorite family-friendly activity?”, and it got my summer feelings going. (Thank you, by the way, to those who responded to help us with those surveys.) Maybe it’s because I’m about to be […]
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Bowdoin International Music Festival receives $200,000 toward student scholarship
The Bowdoin International Music Festival has received a $200,000 endowment fund gift from The Bingham Charitable Trust for Maine student scholarships. The award allows all accepted young Maine student musicians who play violin, viola or cello to attend the prestigious six-week summer institute with full-tuition scholarships. From the time of his youth until the end […]