2025
Season featuring Guest Ensemble Kronos Quartet

String Players /
Applications
are now open
for our
2025 Season!
June 6-19, 2024

What Is The
THE Next Festival?

The Next Festival is a rural residency, a New York performance tour, a groundbreaking cross-disciplinary workshop — and much more.

The festival brings together outstanding early-career string players, composers, dancers, and choreographers from around the world for two weeks each June. Through weeklong residencies in upstate New York and New York City, Festival Fellows immerse themselves in collaboration — working alongside pathbreaking professional artists, performing world premieres, participating in recording sessions, and developing exciting new work.

As part of The Next Festival’s commitment to supporting the artists of tomorrow and ensuring equity and access for ALL, we offer a unique “pay-what-you-can” policy — enabling every artist to attend at a price they can afford.