Anton Miller

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Instrument(s) Violin

Anton Miller is an American violinist and violin pedagogue who has appeared throughout the United States and abroad as a soloist, chamber musician, recitalist, and educator. He has premiered and commissioned works for the violin by Xiaogang Ye, [1] Mario Gavier, and Errollyn Wallen. [2]

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Career

Anton Miller made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1992 [3] and two years later gave the world premiere performance of Xiaogang Ye’s Last Paradise for violin and orchestra in Beijing, China, with the Central Philharmonic Orchestra. [4] Miller has been concertmaster for thirty years [5] with the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra [6] and also with the New Jersey Festival Orchestra, [7] performing many solo concerti with both of those orchestras. [8]

He is active as a chamber musician [9] and performs regularly with violist Rita Porfiris as the Miller-Porfiris Duo. [10]

Professional activities

Anton Miller is currently Professor of Violin at The Hartt School. [11] He previously has served on the faculty of New York University, the Oberlin Conservatory, Lawrence University, and Swarthmore College.

Miller was a founder [12] and Artistic Director of the Three Bridges International Chamber Music Festival in Minnesota, [13] and a co-Artistic Director of the Silver Bay Festival. He is currently co-Director of Music of the Point CounterPoint [14] High School session for chamber musicians. Past and current festival summer faculty positions also include Foulger International Music Academy, the Intensive String Quartet Workshop at New York University, Aria International Academy, the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, Musicorda, Killington, Hot Springs, and New Arts Festival domestically; and, internationally, the Festival Eterna Primavera in Cuernavaca (Mexico), the Summer Festival of Thessaloniki (Greece), Hsing Tian Kong (Taiwan), Bearstown (Korea), and the Harpa International Chamber Academy (Iceland). [15]

Discography

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References

  1. Schott Music, World Premier performance of Xiaogang Ye’s Last Paradise, soloist Anton Miller, April 26, 1994
  2. "British Composer, Pianist, Singer-Songwriter Errollyn Wallen to Perform at Symphony Space," 2/21/2014 .
  3. Miller-Zoernig Duo, Carnegie Hall Archives 1992
  4. Schott Music, World Premier performance of Xiaogang Ye’s Last Paradise, soloist Anton Miller, April 26, 1994
  5. John Cutler, "New Piece Helps LSO Concertmaster Anton Miller and Conductor Ed Polochick Celebrate Anniversaries," Lincoln Journal Star, May 6, 2018
  6. Lincoln Symphony Orchestra, Anton Miller Concertmaster, Emanuel Wishnow Chair
  7. New Jersey Festival Orchestra
  8. John Cutler, Review: "Soloist Miller shines with Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra," Lincoln Journal Star Jan. 20, 2018
  9. See, e.g., Jónas Sen, "Andagift og andleysi í Kammermúsíkklúbbnum," Fréttablaðið (Reykjavik, Iceland), Sept. 22, 2018, p. 117 of pdf ; Samuel Black (review), "Chamber music festival off to thrilling start," Duluth News Tribune, June 7, 2010 ; River Oaks Chamber Orchestra feature, "Anton Miller Plucks, Strums, Whistles, and Bangs While Playing the Fiddle," October 15, 2015 ; St. Cecilia Chamber Music Society, Anton Miller, Violin.
  10. See, e.g., Lee Howard, "Miller, Porfiris wow crowd during Saturday's Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra performance," The Day (New London CT), January 28, 2018 ; Jónas Sen, "Strengjaleikurinn þurr eins og sandpappír," Fréttablaðið (Reykjavik, Iceland), August 9, 2018, p. 24 (p. 36 of pdf); Kelly Strayhorn Theater Pittsburgh, June 20, 2017, http://www.chambermusicpittsburgh.org/our-concerts/series/just-summer/miller-porfiris-duo-violin-viola-silent-films; Midtown Arts Theatre Center Houston, January 17, 2017, Culture Map; “Which Came First?” Silent Film Classics: with Strings Attached http://data.instantencore.com/pdf/1051429/MATCH+press+release.pdf; An die Musik, February 14, 2017, Miller-Porfiris Duo in Baltimore; Chamber Music Society of Little Rock, Ron Robinson Theater, September 10, 2016 Archived January 29, 2019, at the Wayback Machine
  11. University of Hartford, The Hartt School of Music, Professor of Violin Anton Miller
  12. Christa Lawler, "Duluth violinist turned passion into a new music festival, Duluth News Tribune, May 28, 2009
  13. Three Bridges 2010 Photo Album Weber Hall, 2010
  14. Leicester, Vermont Point CounterPoint
  15. Harpa Music Academy Faculty
  16. David W. Moore, “Guide to Records: Mittler,” American Record Guide, vol. 62, no. 1, Jan. 1999, p. 148.
  17. Kurt Moses, “Mittler: Lieder; Trio; Characteristic Pieces,” American Record Guide, vol. 68, no. 2, Mar. 2005, p. 135 (Preiser 90567).
  18. Kilpatrick (review), “Weill Violin Concerto/ Higdon Saxophone Concerto/ Yi Dragon Rhyme” American Record Guide, vol. 76, no. 1, Jan. 2013, pp. 172–173 (Naxos 572889).
  19. Donald Rosenberg, Review (extract) of "Eight Pieces," Gramophone Magazine, May 2014
  20. James H. North, “12 Duets, Op. 60/ Toch Divertimento, Op. 37/2/ Martinů Duo No. 2, H. 331,” Fanfare: The Magazine for Serious Record Collectors, vol. 40, no. 1, Sept. 2016, p. 344.
  21. Terry Robbins, Review of "Divertimenti," The Whole Note, May 2017