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June 27 - August 8

The Bowdoin International Music Festival brings renowned artist instructors, performers, soloists, and gifted pre-professional musicians from around the world to beautiful Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine each summer for six weeks of intensive music study, collaboration, and performance.

Musicians from groups such as the New York Philharmonic and Cleveland Orchestra, the Ying and Shanghai quartets, and major conservatories including Juilliard, Eastman, Indiana, Shanghai, Yonsei, and London’s Royal College collaborate with our summer study participants and present more than 80 concerts each season in seven concert series.

2009 Concert season under way

Our 2009 concert series - honoring 200th anniversaries for Haydn and Mendelssohn, and presenting major works from many other notable composers - is now under way. These outstanding performances continue through August 7.

EuroFest Weekend July 10-12

Please join us for our our 4th annual EuroFest, with concerts featuring our top participants and artists in Brunswick, Bath, Harpswell, and Sebasco Estates, and a public masterclass by Festival founder Lewis Kaplan.

George Crumb to return, present world premiere

We will recognize Pulitzer prize winning composer George Crumb’s long association with the Bowdoin Festival during the Gamper Festival of Contemporary Music, including production of a new work, in celebration of his 80th birthday.