Mimir Chamber Music Festival

The Mimir Chamber Music Festival proudly celebrates its 23rd anniversary season in 2020, with an exciting global reach as we take the Festival online for a rare opportunity to offer a one-of-a-kind performance experience because of the Coronavirus shutdown. The Festival will broadcast performances on July 7, 9, 10* and 11, all at 7:30pm in time zones associated with Auckland, Melbourne, Berlin and Dallas/Fort Worth. These pre-recorded performances were commissioned by Mimir, and it is a unique chance to hear leaders of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Houston, Nashville and Pittsburgh symphonies; Grammy Award-nominated recording artists; and a beautiful performance of Beethoven's song cycle An die ferne Geliebte (To the distant beloved) from Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. On opening night, we also have a special performance of Arnold Schoenberg's Nottorno for Strings and Harp introduced by the ...

Thank You Mimir Fans!

Thank you for joining us at the Online 2020 Mimir Chamber Music Festival.

What an experience!

As we savor the week's exceptional chamber music concerts, you can still go to the Mimir Online Concert Hall where available concerts will be archived.

We look forward to seeing you soon at Mimir Australia, and next year in Fort Worth, TX for Mimir's 24th season.

Emerging Artists Program 2021

We will be posting application details for the 2021 Emerging Artists Program soon.

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Mimir Festival Artists

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Kirsten Docter â€™92, is associate professor of viola at Oberlin Conservatory of Music. First prize wins at the Primrose International and American String Teachers Association Viola Competitions launched her on a career that includes a 23-year tenure with the Cavani Quartet, concerts on major series and festivals throughout North America, Europe, and Australia, and numerous appointments as a master class clinician and teacher. During her time as violist of...

Combining exceptional lyricism and insight with consummate technique, Alessio Bax is without a doubt â€œamong the most remarkable young pianists now before the publicâ€ ( Gramophone ). He catapulted to prominence with First Prize wins at both the Leeds and Hamamatsu International Piano Competitions, and is now a familiar face on four continents, not only as a recitalist and chamber musician, but as a concerto soloist who has appeared with more...

We're going Online for 2020

Mimir 2020 will be an online festival this year. All 2020 Festival Concerts Free

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