Mina F. Miller

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Mina F. Miller
Birth nameMina Florence Miller
Born1949 (age 73–74)
New York City
Genres Classical
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • writer
Instrument(s)Piano

Mina Florence Miller [1] (born 1949 [2] ), credited as Mina F. Miller and Mina Miller, is an American classical pianist, writer, and founder and artistic director of Music of Remembrance in Seattle, Washington.

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Miller studied piano performance under Artur Balsam at the Conservatory of Manhattan School of Music, and was awarded a Ph.D. in Music at New York University. She became Associate Professor of Music at the University of Kentucky in 1977, was appointed Assistant Professor (with tenure) in 1984 [3] and was named a University Research Professor for the year 1988–89. [4] She has performed in solo recitals in England and Scandinavia and in concerts in Europe and North America. [2] [5] [6]

In 1982, Miller prepared the first collected edition with critical commentary of the piano works of Danish composer Carl Nielsen (Miller 1982), [7] for which she performed the first recorded version, The Complete Piano Music of Carl Nielsen (Hyperion-CD-1987). [5] She also wrote Carl Nielsen: A Guide to Research , a collection of sources with commentary from the author (Miller 1987), and edited The Nielsen companion (Miller 1994) for which she wrote interludes, [8] including "Ink v. Pencil: Implications for the Performer" about Nielsen's Violin Sonata No. 1. [9]

Miller also recorded The Piano Music of Leoš Janáček (Ambassador-CD-1996).

Miller founded Music of Remembrance 1998 in Seattle. [10] She is the President and Artistic Director as well as performing herself. This is a group whose purpose is to find and perform music composed by victims of The Holocaust, irrespective of their background, as well as to perform related newly commissioned works. [11] [12]

Personal life

Miller was born in New York City. [6] Her parents stayed in America after visiting the 1939 New York World's Fair when it became clear they could not return to Lithuania, [13] where "their entire families were murdered." [14] While researching The Holocaust she became aware of music which had been composed in Terezin concentration camp and decided to found Music of Remembrance. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Miller, Mina F." (in German). Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Archived from the original on February 2, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Adler 2007.
  3. ↑ Explore UK 1984, p.  27.
  4. ↑ Explore UK 1988.
  5. 1 2 Hyperion 1987, p.  10.
  6. 1 2 "Mina Miller". Music of Remembrance. Archived from the original on April 18, 2015. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  7. ↑ Krabbe 2009, pp. 92–93.
  8. ↑ "Carl Nielsen Bibliography".
  9. ↑ Katz 2006, p. 242.
  10. ↑ "About". Music of Remembrance. Archived from the original on January 10, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Music of Remembrance". Seattle Foundation. Archived from the original on May 9, 2015.
  12. ↑ Ginell 2008.
  13. ↑ Alhadeff 2015.
  14. 1 2 Beck 2012.
  15. ↑ Cited in Reynolds (2010, p.  26).

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