Mayumi Seiler (born November 14, 1963) is a Canadian-Austrian violinist of Japanese/German parentage, born in

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, Japan.

Education and career

Starting the violin from the age of three, Seiler received her musical education at the

Mozarteum University of Salzburg Mozarteum University Salzburg (German language, German: ''Universität Mozarteum Salzburg'') is one of three affiliated but separate (it is actually a state university) entities under the "Mozarteum" name in Salzburg, Salzburg municipality; th ...

during the formative years of her childhood in

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, Austria. Seiler is also the artistic director and founder of Via Salzburg Chamber Music, a Toronto-based chamber music organization. Seiler has performed with numerous orchestras and conductors including

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, Sandor Vegh, and has been the featured soloist with orchestras such as the

City of London Sinfonia City of London Sinfonia (CLS) is an English chamber orchestra based in London. CLS is orchestra-in-residence at Opera Holland Park since 2004 and holds a residency at St Paul's Cathedral. CLS also performs regularly across the city of London i ...

, the

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, the Berlin Symphony, the

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, the

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, the

Australian Chamber Orchestra The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) is an Australian orchestra focused on chamber music based in Sydney. History The Australian Chamber Orchestra was founded by cellist John Painter in 1975.Verghis, Sharon"Bach with more bite pays off" ''T ...

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, and the

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. She was invited by violinist

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to perform with him in his final concert in Washington DC. Her performances as soloist with the UBS

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Chamber Orchestra under the baton of

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saw her perform at Toronto's

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, New York's

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, Amsterdam's

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and Vienna's

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and the

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in London. Seiler has recorded many of the violin concertos and chamber repertoire for such labels as

Virgin Classics Virgin Classics was a record label founded in 1988 as part of Richard Branson's Virgin Records. The unit, along with EMI Classics, was acquired by Universal Music Group in 2012 as part of the takeover of the EMI Music Group, however the terms o ...

, JVC Victor,

Hyperion Records Hyperion Records is a British classical music record label. It was independent until February 2023, when it was acquired by the Universal Music Group. Under Universal, Hyperion is one of the three main classical record labels, alongside Decca a ...

, and

Capriccio (record label) Capriccio is a formerly German, now Austrian, classical music record label. The original Capriccio label was founded in the 1980s and was until 2010 part of Delta-Music GmbH a German record company located in Großkönigsdorf, Frechen near Col ...

Recordings

*Mendelssohn, F.: ''Violin Concertos'' City of London Sinfonia. Label: Black Box. *Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Haydn: ''Violin Concertos'' City of London Sinfonia. Label: Virgin Classics.AllMusic.co

*Mendelssohn, F.: ''Violin Concertos'' City of London Sinfonia. Label: Virgin Classics. *Boccherini, L.: ''Sextets - Op. 23, Nos. 1, 3, 4, 6'' Mayumi Seiler, Silvia Walch, Diemut Poppen, Richard Lester, Howard Penny. Label:

Capriccio Capriccio may refer to: __NOTOC__ Music * Capriccio (music), a piece of music which is fairly free in form * Fantasia in C major (Haydn), "Capriccio", a 1789 piano composition by Joseph Haydn * Capriccio (Janáček), a chamber music composition by ...

. January 1992

Sources

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Seiler, Mayumi Japanese violinists Japanese women violinists Musicians from Osaka Musicians from Toronto Mozarteum University Salzburg alumni 1963 births Living people 21st-century Japanese musicians 21st-century Canadian violinists and fiddlers Canadian classical violinists Canadian women violinists and fiddlers