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Michi Wiancko

About Me

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Featured as an “Artist to Watch” on the cover of the January 2007 issue of SYMPHONY Magazine, violinist Michi Wiancko has appeared as a soloist with orchestras including the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics and in recital and chamber appearances throughout the country. She is an artist on the roster of Concert Artists Guild, a member of the Los Angeles Piano Quartet and has toured with Musicians from Marlboro several times. She is also a co-founder of the ECCO (East Coast Chamber Orchestra), a conductorless string ensemble.
An artist with a unique vision and deemed “Pure Gold” by The Des Moines Register, Michi has performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Library of Congress, Banff Center, Sydney Opera House, Frick Center, National Gallery, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the Philadelphia’s Kimmell Center. An expansive musical personality, she also performs regularly in alternative spaces and with non-traditional ensembles.
To check out her non-classical project, Kono Michi, for which she sings, plays, and composes, go to: www.myspace.com/konomichi.
Go to MICHI WIANCKO'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE to learn more about Michi.



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Member Since: 20/04/2007
Band Website: www.MICHIWIANCKO.com
Sounds Like: Click below to buy Michi's solo CD, "Platinum Spirals," a collection of famous gems from the violin recital repertoire from Beethoven to Ravel to Prokofiev, plus a modern work from the world-renowned American composer, Joan Tower.

Record Label: None
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Happy Review in Strad Magazine

Kono Michi is a New York-based concert violinist and erstwhile Silk Road Ensemble collaborator, and has come up with this intriguing and exquisitely beautiful setting of Japanese deathbed haikus. If y...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:23:00 GMT

Interview with Victoria Symphony

Michi WianckoFeatured as an "Artist to Watch" on the cover of the January 2007 issue of SYMPHONY Magazine, violinist Michi Wiancko has appeared as a soloist with orchestras including the New York and ...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:29:00 GMT

WKSU radio interview

I was recently interviewed alongside James Gaffigan for WKSU with Jeff St. Clair in Cleveland. It's all about CityMusic - mostly the Brouwer Concerto and Schoenberg's Verklarte Nacht. I sound like a b...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:33:00 GMT

Michi’s Top Five Travel Tips

1. Always pack your music in your carry-on. If the airline loses your checked luggage, you can still play the concert. The audience will be entertained when you walk out on stage in your ratty street ...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:13:00 GMT

A recent concerto review in Cleveland's Plain Dealer:

Magical Debut for Challenging ConcertoBy Donald RosenbergThe Cleveland Plain DealerFriday, March 30, 2007Violinists have no shortage of concertos to test the extremes of their artistry. Even so, the i...
Posted by on Wed, 23 May 2007 15:04:00 GMT

About my solo CD, "Platinum Spirals"

One of the musical excerpts on my profile, Kreisler's "Tambourine Chinois," comes from my solo CD, called "Platinum Spirals." other works on this album include:Beethoven - Spring SonataRavel - Tzigane...
Posted by on Wed, 23 May 2007 14:54:00 GMT

About La Follia and ECCO

East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO) was formed a few years ago and is made up of 17 string players who are great friends and love playing together without a conductor. It was the brainchild of Nic Ken...
Posted by on Wed, 23 May 2007 14:46:00 GMT

About the Brouwer Concerto

In March, the wonderful composer Margaret Brouwer, who is in residence at the Cleveland Institute of Music, completed a concerto she wrote for me in three movements. It's called Concerto for Violin a...
Posted by on Wed, 23 May 2007 11:22:00 GMT