Mimir Chamber Music Festival

The Mimir Chamber Music Festival proudly celebrates its milestone 20th anniversary season in 2017. Since its launch in 1998, our annual festival has enjoyed a growing audience of fans from throughout the Southwest. Mimir has presented over 100 exceptional concerts by our renowned Mimir Artists, and we have mentored some 250 talented young Emerging Artists. The addition of a week-long festival in Australia in 2013 further enhances Mimir’s international reputation as a leading venue for chamber music performance and instruction. Named for the Norse god of wisdom, the Festival features outstanding musicians from the world’s leading orchestras, music schools and concert halls. This season, we will present five Mimir Artists concerts and two Emerging Artists concerts over a 12 day period from June 26 through July 7. All performances are at TCU’s PepsiCo Recital Hall, except the Sunday, July 2 ...

Mimir Chamber Music Festival 2017

The Mimir Chamber Music Festival is now over for 2017.

We've had two great festivals and we are now looking forward to our 21st Mimir USA season next year.

Thank you to everyone who made this year's events a resounding success.

Mimir 2018 runs from June 2 - July 13. Save the dates!

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Nicolas Tsolainos joined the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in 1995 and was appointed principal bass in 1999. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Tsolainos' desire to play the double bass was piqued by an interest in jazz at age 14. After graduating from the Curtis Institute of Music in 1984, he participated in the National Orchestral Association's Symphonic Institute at Columbia University. The following fall, he won a position with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra in Ohio and was a...

Japanese pianist Rieko Aizawa was discovered at age 13 by the late Alexander Schneider on the recommendation of pianist Mitsuko Uchida. Schneider engaged her as soloist with his Brandenburg Ensemble at the opening concerts of Tokyo's Casals Hall; later that year, Schneider presented 14-year-old Ms. Aizawa in her U.S. debut concerts at the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall, performing Mozart's Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414, with his New York String Orchestra. Praised by...

“Year after year, the Mimir Chamber Music Festival is one of the most worthwhile events on Fort Worth’s musical calendar.”

Emerging Artists Program

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