Michi Wiancko
Michi Wiancko
Michi Wiancko is a multifaceted and imaginative composer, violinist, teacher, and collaborator, whose creative projects and organizational work are driven by community care and social change. Recent commissions include works for Boston Chamber Music Society, Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect, NOW Ensemble, Parker Quartet, violinist Alexi Kenney, harpist Julie Philips Smith, Tessa Lark and Paul Neubauer at Seattle Chamber Music Society, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, The Met Museum, American Lyric Theater, Experiments in Opera, and American Ballet Theater.
An accomplished violinist and Juilliard graduate, Michi was described by Gramophone Magazine as an "alluring soloist with heightened expressive and violinistic gifts” and has toured and collaborated with countless artists across numerous genres and styles. Michi's concerto debut performances with both the Los Angeles and New York Philharmonics were met with critical acclaim as were her two solo albums released on New Amsterdam Records and on Naxos.
Michi has been fortunate to perform with artists and groups across a vast musical spectrum including Rhiannon Giddens and Silkroad Ensemble, Missy Mazzoli, Steve Reich, Yo-Yo Ma, Wye Oak, Emily Wells, PaviElle French, Laurie Anderson, William Brittelle, Daniel Wohl, Emanuel Ax, Xenia Rubinos, Matt Berninger, Yasmin Williams, Vijay Iyer, International Contemporary Ensemble, The Knights, A Far Cry, Alarm Will Sound, and Mark Morris Dance Group.
Michi is Artistic Director of Antenna Cloud Farm, a genre-fluid and culturally expansive music festival, artists’ retreat, and community partnership organization based in Western Massachusetts. She also co-directs The Experimental Institute, a tuition-free summer intensive for early-career musicians focused on creative artistry, career mentorship, and social impact. Michi is Associate Professor of Music at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee.