The Bowdoin International Music Festival will present the Ariel Quartet on July 11. The performance will be the second concert in the festival’s Monday Showcase series which brings string quartets from around the world to Bowdoin’s Studzinski Recital Hall. The quartet will perform Joseph Haydn’s String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 76, No. 4 “Sunrise”, Béla Bartók’s String Quartet No. 1, Sz. 40, and Dmitri Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57 with pianist Elinor Freer.

The Ariel Quartet was formed in Israel 16 years ago when its members were young students, and they have been playing together ever since. Recently awarded the prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award, the quartet serves as the faculty quartetin residence at the University of Cincinnati’s College- Conservatory of Music, where they direct the chamber music program and perform their own annual series of concerts .

Tickets and subscriptions are now on sale for all of the festival’s summer concerts. All Monday Showcase concerts take place at 7:30 p.m. Individual tickets are $40 and subscriptions are $175. Monday subscriptions allow patrons to hear five string quartets from around the world play together as well as collaborate with festival faculty.

“The opportunity to hear and work with a dynamic ensemble such as the Ariel Quartet is invaluable for both our audience and participants,” said Director of Admissions Dan Nitsch. “The quartet’s history, forming as a group of young students, is particularly relevant to our on-campus community. The Ariel is in high demand both domestically and abroad and we are ecstatic about their time in Brunswick. The program spans centuries of exciting repertoire, and is sure to thrill.”

For more information, visit bowdoinfestival.org.