Boston GuitarFest XX 2025: Academy and Festival Schedule of Events

Wednesday, June 11

*All events at Foundry

11:00am

Registration

11:30am

Private Lessons, Foundry (until 6:00pm)

12:00pm

Lunch

1:30pm

Lecture: Bach's "Ciaccona": Reality and Myth, Dr. David Malvinni

6:00pm

Dinner Break

7:30pm

Performance Competition: Final Round (Foundry, Jury TBD)

Thursday, June 12

10:00am

Private Lessons, Foundry (until 6:00pm)

12:00pm

Faculty Noon Concert: Gohar Vardanyan

1:00pm

Break

1:30pm

Technique Class: Adam Levin

2:30pm

Break

3:00pm

Masterclass: Eliot Fisk

6:00pm

Dinner Break

7:30pm

Guest Artist Concert: Grisha Goryachev

Friday, June 13

10:00am

Private Lessons, Foundry (until 6:00pm)

12:00pm

Faculty Noon Concert: Adam Levin

1:00pm

Break

1:30pm

Technique Class: Eliot Fisk

2:30pm

Break

3:00pm

Masterclass: Grisha Goryachev

6:00pm

Dinner Break

7:30pm

Guest Artist Concert: Xuefei Yang

Saturday, June 14

10:00am

Private Lessons conclude, Foundry (until 6:00pm)

12:00pm

Faculty Noon Concert: Boston Guitar Orchestra (Robert Bekkers)

1:00pm

Break

1:30pm

Lecture: "Concepts of Tuning and Temperament, Part 1" by Dr. Malvinni

3:00pm

Masterclass: Xuefei Yang

5:00pm

Dinner Break

7:30pm

Gala Concert: An Evening with Eliot Fisk

Sunday, June 15

10:30am

Lecture: "Concepts of Tuning and Temperament, Part 2" by Dr. Malvinni

12:00pm

Lunch

1:00pm

Academy Student Concert

2:00pm

Competition Winner and Final Concert: "Perspectives and Possibilities" with Eliot Fisk and Raquel Fisk (piano)

3:00pm

Closing Reception

4:30pm

Festival end (exit by 4:50pm)