July 16–August 8
Open to advanced conservatory–level pianists, violinists, violists, cellists, and preformed string quartets and piano trios, ages eighteen to twenty-nine.
The 2008 International Program offers a select number of gifted and highly motivated musicians a myriad of opportunities to develop their technical and interpretive skills under the tutelage of world-class chamber music coaches and educators. International Program students will be chosen by application and audition to work on a daily basis with the festival’s renowned artist-faculty in an intensive exploration of the chamber music repertoire. The International Program involves a rigorous schedule of rehearsals, coachings, and master classes, culminating in multiple performance opportunities, and also includes collaborations with leading musicologists in the presentation of the festival’s Encounters series. International Program artists and faculty participate in a variety of seminars focusing on the issues and questions facing today’s young musicians.
Tuition: Full fellowship, including housing. (Housing is provided by host families and is offered only to participants in the International Program.)