Bowdoin International Music Festival



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Country and Region United States — Maine
Type of Festival Music
Location of Festival Brunswick, Maine USA
Festival Contact Information

Bowdoin International Music Festival
6300 College Station
Brunswick, ME 04011-8463 USA
Phone: (01) 207-373-1400
Email: info@bowdoinfestival.org

Festival Description

The Bowdoin International Music Festival, a renowned summer music school and concert series held on the Bowdoin College campus since 1964, presents classical music performed by guest performers, teaching artists, and top students from around the world. Programming includes a full range of classical works in seven concert series and a long weekend of contemporary works. The 2011 Festival features the music of Vienna from 1780 - 1930, but includes works from the classical era to the present.

Festival Dates June 22 - August 3, 2013
Festival Links http://www.bowdoinfestival.org/

Festival Events:

Festival Fridays 2011:
  • July 1
    • JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
      Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C Minor, BWV 1060
      Ray Chen, violin; Liang Wang, oboe
      Bowdoin Festival Orchestra; Lewis Kaplan, conductor
    • LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
      String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2
      Ying Quartet
    • WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
      Sinfonia Concertante in E Flat Major, K. 364 Suyoen Kim, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola Bowdoin Festival Orchestra; Lewis Kaplan, conductor
  • July 8
    • LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
      String Trio, Op. 9, No. 1
      Joan Kwuon, violin; Carol Rodland, viola; Steven Doane, cello
    • WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
      Piano Quartet in G Minor, K. 478
      Lewis Kaplan, violin; Jesús Gonzalez, viola
      Rosemary Elliott, cello; Peter Basquin, piano
    • FRANZ SCHUBERT
      Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 (“Trout”)
      Maria Schleuning, violin; Jesús Gonzalez, viola; Guy Johnston, cello Kurt Muroki, double bass; Constance Moore, piano
  • July 15
    • WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
      String Quartet in D Major, K. 499
      Ying Quartet
    • FRANZ LISZT
      Après une Lecture de Dante: fantasia quasi sonata
      Emma Tahmiziàn, piano
    • JOHANNES BRAHMS
      Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60
      Suyoen Kim, violin; Jesús Gonzalez, viola
      Guy Johnston, cello; Ben Kim, piano
  • July 22
    • JOHANNES BRAHMS
      String Sextet No. 1 in B Flat Major, Op. 18
      Mikhail Kopelman, violin; Muneko Otani, violin; Karen Dreyfus, viola
      Ralph Fielding, viola; Andre Emelianoff, cello; David Requiro, cello
    • LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
      Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58
      Alessandro Taverna, piano
      Bowdoin Festival Orchestra; Arie Vardi, conductor
  • July 29
    • JOHANNES BRAHMS
      Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115
      Anthony McGill, clarinet; Frank Huang, violin; TBA, violin
      Karen Dreyfus, viola; Andre Emelianoff, cello
    • LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
      Piano Concerto No. 5 in E Flat Major, Op. 73 (“Emperor”)
      Yefim Bronfman, piano
      Bowdoin Festival Orchestra; Lewis Kaplan, conductor
  • August 5
    • FRANZ SCHUBERT
      Piano Trio No. 1 in B Flat Major, D. 898
      Renee Jolles, violin; Andre Emelianoff, cello; Peter Basquin, piano
    • JOHANNES BRAHMS
      Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor, Op. 102
      David Coucheron, violin; Efe Baltacigil, cello
      Bowdoin Festival Orchestra; Lewis Kaplan, conductor
Wednesday Upbeat! 2011:
  • June 29
    • HEINRICH VON HERZOGENBERG
      Trio in D major, Op. 61
      Liang Wang, oboe; Phil Myers, horn; TBA, piano
    • DEREK BERMEL
      Soul Garden
      Paul Neubauer, viola; Maria Schleuning, violin; Laura Lutzke, violin Jesús Gonzalez, viola; Rosemary Elliott, cello; Guy Johnston, cello
    • JOHANNES BRAHMS
      Selections from Walzer, Op. 39
      Emma Tahmiziàn, piano
    • ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
      Piano Suite, Op. 25
      Emma Tahmiziàn, piano
  • July 6
    • BOHUSLAV MARTINŮ
      Three Madrigals
      Ani Schnarch, violin; Jesús Gonzalez, viola
    • LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
      Piano Trio, Op. 70, No. 1 (“Ghost”)
      Maria Schleuning, violin; Rosemary Elliott, cello; Elinor Freer, piano
    • ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
      Verklärte Nacht
      Ying Quartet; Carol Rodland, viola; Keiko Ying, cello
  • July 13
    • BEHZAD RANJBARAN
      Dance of Life
      Cyrus Forough, violin; Kurt Muroki, double bass
    • EUGÈNE YSAŸE
      Sonata for Two Violins
      Ray Chen, violin; Suyoen Kim, violin
    • BÉLA BARTÓK
      String Quartet No. 5
      Ying Quartet
  • July 20
    • GEORGES APERGHIS
      Compagnie
      June Han, harp; Luke Rinderknecht, percussion
    • ROBERT BEASER
      Sonata for Violin and Piano
      Renee Jolles, violin; Emma Tahmiziàn, piano
    • LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
      Piano Trio, Op. 70, No. 2
      The Aeolian Chamber Players
      Lewis Kaplan, violin; Andre Emelianoff, cello; Peter Basquin, piano
  • July 27
    • ALBAN BERG
      Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5
      Anthony McGill, clarinet; Emma Tahmiziàn, piano
    • ANTON WEBERN
      Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 7
      Lewis Kaplan, violin; Emma Tahmiziàn, piano
    • CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
      Piano Trio No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18
      Cyrus Forough, violin; David Requiro, cello; Peter Basquin, piano
    • JOHANNES BRAHMS
      Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25
      Sergiu Schwartz, violin; Ralph Fielding, viola
      Yehuda Hanani, cello; Yong Hi Moon, piano
  • August 3
    • RICHARD STRAUSS
      Introduction to Capriccio
      Muneko Otani, violin; TBA, violin; Ralph Fielding, viola
      TBA, viola; Andre Emelianoff, cello; David Requiro, cello
    • GEORGE CRUMB
      An Idyll for the Misbegotten
      TBA, flute; Luke Rinderknecht, percussion; TBA, percussion
    • JOHANNES BRAHMS
      Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 26
      Frank Huang, violin; TBA, viola
      Yehuda Hanani, cello; Emma Tahmiziàn, piano
Monday Sonatas 2011:
  • July 4
    • LUKAS FOSS
      Capriccio
      David Ying, cello; Elinor Freer, piano
    • EUGÈNE YSAŸE
      Violin Sonata No. 2
      Ray Chen, violin
    • BENJAMIN BRITTEN
      Cello Suite No. 2, Op. 80
      Steven Doane, cello
    • CÉSAR FRANCK
      Violin Sonata in A Major
      Joan Kwuon, violin; Constance Moore, piano
  • July 11 — (July 4 Encore)
    • LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
      Cello Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1
      Guy Johnston, cello; Elinor Freer, piano
    • LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
      Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96
      Lara Lev, violin; Matti Raekallio, piano
    • LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
      Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47 (“Kreutzer”)
      Suyoen Kim, violin; Ben Kim, piano
  • July 18
    • JOHANNES BRAHMS
      Intermezzi, Op. 117
      Alessandro Taverna, piano
    • LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
      Violin Sonata No. 3 in E Flat Major, Op. 12, No. 3
      Sergiu Schwartz, violin; Peter Basquin, piano
    • WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
      Violin Sonata in B Flat Major, K. 454
      Lewis Kaplan, violin; Peter Basquin, piano
  • July 25
    • ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
      Histoire du Tango
      Cyrus Forough, violin; Ricardo Iznaola, guitar
    • JOHANNES BRAHMS
      Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38
      Yehuda Hanani, cello; Emma Tahmiziàn, piano
    • RICHARD STRAUSS
      Violin Sonata in E Flat Major, Op. 18
      Frank Huang, violin; Constance Moore, piano
  • August 1
    • JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
      Potpourri in G Minor, Op. 94
      Ricardo Iznaola, guitar; Peter Basquin, piano
    • AARON COPLAND
      Violin Sonata
      Renee Jolles, violin; Peter Basquin, piano
    • JOHANNES BRAHMS
      Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108
      David Coucheron, violin; Alessandro Taverna, piano

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