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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Stephen Rose is Principal Second Violin of Cleveland Orchestra, a position he has held since 2001. He joined the Orchestra in 1997 as a member of the first violin section and made his solo debut with the Orchestra in 2011. He again appeared as a soloist with the orchestra in 2013 and 2018. He has also been heard in solo appearances and chamber music concerts throughout North America and Europe, Asia and Australia. From 1992-96, Mr. Rose was the first violinist of the...

Violinist Curt Thompson performs throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia as a concerto soloist, recitalist, concertmaster, and chamber musician in such prestigious venues as Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, Salle Gaveau (Paris), Teatro Naçional de Costa Rica (San José), Shanghai Concert Hall, and others. Thompson’s debut recording of the violin sonatas by Charles Ives (Naxos) has received outstanding reviews worldwide, including...

We're going Online for 2020

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

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