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 Ye Xiaogang ( zh, s=叶小纲, t=葉小綱, p=Yè Xiǎogāng; born September 23, 1955) is a Chinese composer of contemporary classical music. Biography Ye was born in Shanghai in 1955. He studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing fr ...

, Mario Gavier, and

Errollyn Wallen Errollyn Wallen (born 10 April 1958) is a Belize-born British composer and musician, who moved as a child with her family to London, England. Wallen was appointed Master of the King's Music in 2024 by King Charles III, in his first appointment ...

Career

Anton Miller made his

Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall ( ) is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It is at 881 Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh Avenue, occupying the east side of Seventh Avenue between 56th Street (Manhattan), 56th and 57th Street (Manhattan), 57t ...

debut in 1992 and two years later gave the world premiere performance of

’s ''Last Paradise'' for violin and orchestra in

Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

, China, with the

Central Philharmonic Orchestra The Central Philharmonic () is a symphony orchestra (with chorus, chamber orchestra, and group of soloists) based in Beijing, China. Its predecessor was the Central Opera Company Orchestra. In 1996, it was renamed the China National Symphony Orches ...

. Miller has been concertmaster for thirty years with the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra and also with the New Jersey Festival Orchestra, performing many solo concerti with both of those orchestras. He is active as a chamber musician and performs regularly with violist

Rita Porfiris Rita Porfiris is an American violist and Arrangement, arranger. Career The early career of Rita Porfiris started as a member and rotating principal violist of the New World Symphony (orchestra), New World Symphony under Michael Tilson Thomas, ...

as the Miller-Porfiris Duo.

Professional activities

Anton Miller is currently Professor of Violin at

The Hartt School The Hartt School is the performing arts conservatory of the University of Hartford, a private university in West Hartford, Connecticut. Founded in 1920 by Julius Hartt and Moshe Paranov, Hartt has been part of the University of Hartford since it ...

. He previously has served on the faculty of

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...

, the

Oberlin Conservatory The Oberlin Conservatory of Music is a private music conservatory of Oberlin College, a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio. It was founded in 1865 and is the second oldest conservatory and oldest continually operating conservatory in ...

Lawrence University Lawrence University is a Private college, private liberal arts college and Music school, conservatory of music in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1847, its first classes were held on November 12, 1849. Lawrence was the second colle ...

, and

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. Miller was a founder and Artistic Director of the Three Bridges International Chamber Music Festival in Minnesota, and a co-Artistic Director of the Silver Bay Festival. He is currently co-Director of Music of the Point CounterPoint 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

, 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).

Discography

’s ''Last Paradise'' (1994) *

Franz Mittler Franz Mittler (April 14, 1893 in Vienna – December 28, 1970 in Munich) was an Austrian (and later on an American) composer, musician, and humorist. Life and work Mittler was born in Vienna. His maternal grandmother financed his earliest musical ...

's "Chaconne" and other works of Mittler performed with Con Brio Ensemble (1999); Mittler: "Lieder; Trio; Characteristic Pieces," (2005) *The Complete Brahms Sonatas with pianist Brandt Fredriksen (2002) *''Five Postcards'' (2010) (as the Miller-Porfiris Duo), music for violin and viola by composers of the Americas:

, Libby Larsen, Mario Diaz Gavier, and

Heitor Villa-Lobos Heitor Villa-Lobos (March 5, 1887November 17, 1959) was a Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos has globally bec ...

with violist Rita Porfiris *Kurt Weill's ''Violin Concerto'' (released 2012) *''Eight Pieces'' (2013) (as the Miller-Porfiris Duo), music by

Reinhold Glière Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (23 June 1956), born Reinhold Ernest Glier, was a Russian and Soviet composer of German and Polish descent. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of RSFSR (1935) and People's Artist of USSR (1938). Biography ...

and

Max Bruch Max Bruch (6 January 1838 – 2 October 1920) was a German Romantic Music, Romantic composer, violinist, teacher, and conductor who wrote more than 200 works, including three violin concertos, the first of which has become a staple of the violin ...

for violin and viola with violist Rita Porfiris *''Divertimenti'' (2016) (as the Miller-Porfiris Duo), music by

Bohuslav Martinů Bohuslav Jan Martinů (; December 8, 1890 – August 28, 1959) was a Czech composer of modern classical music. He wrote 6 symphony, symphonies, 15 operas, 14 ballet scores and a large body of orchestral, chamber music, chamber, vocal and ins ...

Ernst Toch Ernst Toch (; 7 December 1887 – 1 October 1964) was an Austrian composer of European classical music and film scores, who from 1933 worked as an émigré in Paris, London and New York. He sought throughout his life to introduce new approaches t ...

and

Robert Fuchs Robert Fuchs may refer to: * Robert Fuchs (composer) Robert Fuchs (15 February 1847 – 19 February 1927) was an Austrian composer and music teacher. As Professor of music theory at the Vienna Conservatory, Fuchs taught many notable composers, w ...

for violin and viola with violist Rita PorfirisTerry Robbins, Review of "Divertimenti," ''The Whole Note,'' May 2017
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References

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