Mimir Chamber Music Festival

The Mimir Chamber Music Festival proudly celebrates its 24th anniversary season in 2021, with an exciting series of concerts, as we again take the Festival online for four unique performances by our renowned Mimir professional musicians. We invite you to join us for performances on July 8, 10, 15 and 17, all at 7:30 pm CT in the USA and the time zone associated with Melbourne, Australia. These pre-recorded performances were commissioned by Mimir and will feature artists performing from the stages of fine concert halls in Chicago, Melbourne and Helsinki. On opening night, we also have a special performance of Caravan for Two Cellos, by cellist/composer Tanya Anisimova, performed by Mimir Artist Brant Taylor and (new to Mimir) Kenneth Olsen, Associate Principal of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Also featured on this program is the glorious Arensky Cello Quartet, written as a tribute to the composer’s ...

Thank You Mimir Fans!

Thank you for joining us at the 2021 Mimir Chamber Music Festival.

What an experience!

As we savor the festival's exceptional chamber music concerts, you can still go to the Mimir Online Concert Hall where you can still watch our available concerts.

We look forward to Mimir Australia 2021, and hope to see you all next year in Fort Worth, TX for Mimir's 25th season.

Emerging Artists Program 2022

We'll be posting application details for the 2022 Emerging Artists Program soon. We welcome your application!

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Kenneth Olsen joined the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as Assistant Principal Cello in 2005. He is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music and a winner of the school’s prestigious concerto competition. His other awards include first prize in the Nakamichi Cello Competition at the Aspen Music Festival and second prize at the 2002 Holland-America Music Society Competition. His teachers have included Richard Aaron at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Joel Krosnick at...

Violist Wenhong Luo is the 3rd prize winner at the 12th Lionel Tertis Viola competition and the 19th Johnnes Brahms competition. After making her debut in China with the China broadcast symphony orchestra at age of 16, playing the Walton Viola concerto, she moved to London and studied at the Royal Academy of Music. At age of 22, she moved to the states and began her studies at the New England Conservatory of Music. Her performances has been recorded on Linn records and...

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