Photo by Ira Peppercorn

Mimi Stillman
Flutist

Mimi Stillman is one of the most highly regarded
flutists in the concert world today.

"A magically gifted flutist, a breath of fresh air"
(The Washington Post).

"Technically agile and imaginative in her use of color"
(New York Times).

"A seasoned artist of spirited, unbridled virtuosity"
(New York Concert Review).

"A ball of fire in person and on the stage"
(Alexandria Journal).


Ms. Stillman is internationally acclaimed for performances as soloist and chamber musician at major concert halls and festivals, including as soloist with The Philadelphia Orchestra, Hilton Head Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle (NC), Orquesta Sinfónica Carlos Chávez (Mexico City), Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Philadelphia Classical Symphony, Brazos Valley Symphony (TX), Orchestra 2001, and Curtis Chamber Orchestra, performed recitals at The Kennedy Center, Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, the Kimmel Center, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, La Jolla Chamber Music Society, and the Verbier Festival in Switzerland.

At 12, Ms. Stillman was the youngest wind player ever admitted to the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with Julius Baker and Jeffrey Khaner and received her Bachelor of Music degree in 1999. She won the Astral Artistic Services competition and was the youngest wind player ever to win the Young Concert Artists International Auditions.

A prominent educator, Ms. Stillman teaches masterclasses at universities and flute societies, presents lecture recitals, is a published author on music and history, and is devoted to educational outreach. She has taught masterclasses and performed recitals for the National Flute Association, New England Conservatory, Eastman School of Music, Longy School of Music, Flute Society of Washington, D.C., St. Louis Flute Society, and University of Maryland.

Ms. Stillman's collaborations with composers who write for her have led to important contributions to the flute repertoire. She gave the premieres of works by Martin Amlin, Mason Bates, Richard Danielpour, Daniel Dorff, Jeremy Gill, Jennifer Higdon, Katherine Hoover, Lawrence Ink, Daniel Kellogg, Lowell Liebermann, and Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee. She is regularly featured in the national press, as guest on NPR’s "Performance Today" and WGBH Boston, and is host and performer on the Musical Encounters TV show and video "The Magic Flute". She recorded the soundtrack for Kevin Bacon's film "Loverboy".

On her CD "MIMI", Ms. Stillman recorded her award-winning book of arrangements of Debussy's songs, Nuits d'Étoiles: 8 Early Songs (Theodore Presser Company). She is the founder and artistic director of the Dolce Suono Chamber Music Concert Series, formerly at the University of Pennsylvania and entering its third season in its new home at First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia. Ms. Stillman received an MA in history from the University of Pennsylvania, where she is a Ph.D. candidate. She has been awarded fellowships from the Earhart and Bradley Foundations. She is a columnist for Flutewise Magazine (UK).

Ms. Stillman’s 2006-07 engagements include an appearance as soloist with the Hilton Head Orchestra, chamber music concerts on her Dolce Suono Chamber Music Concert Series at the University of Pennsylvania and on series at the Bala Cynwyd Library (PA) and Glencairn Museum (PA), guest artist recitals and masterclasses at the University of Central Florida Flute Festival, Haverford College (PA), Fresno Pacific University (CA), University of Arizona (Tucson), for the Texas Flute Society at the University of North Texas, a return as flute masterclass teacher to the Yamaha Bands of America Festival in Indianapolis, guest artist on faculty of the Northern California Flute Camp in Carmel, performances at the National Flute Association convention in Albuquerque, NM, and a recital of the complete flute works of J.S. Bach presented by the International Bach Festival Week of Philadelphia.
 

Bio courtesy of www.mimistillman.org.