Mia Kim Bernard – Past Concerts

Mia Kim Bernard is a versatile cellist currently pursuing her bachelor's degree at The Juilliard School as a scholarship student under the tutelage of Astrid Schween. Mia began her cello studies at the Thurnauer School of Music and continued at the Manhattan School of Music Precollege Division under Madeleine Golz.She is equally comfortable performing various styles of music as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestra member. As a soloist, she has performed at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall as the winner of national and international competitions. She has been a featured artist with numerous orchestras, including the Vermont Philharmonic, New York Chamber Players Orchestra, New Jersey City University Orchestra, Thurnauer Symphony Orchestra, and Manhattan School of Music Precollege Symphony Orchestra as a concerto competition winner. She is an experienced chamber musician who has performed in ensembles of various instrument combinations and styles. She participated in Juilliard's Spring ChamberFest along with the FOCUS Festival. As an orchestral musician, she performed under the batons of Manfred Honeck, Xian Zhang, Bertrand de Billy, Joel Sachs, and Kevin John Edusei, among others. She is on the Young Artist roster of the Si-Yo Music Society Foundation, now Classically Connected, and has a strong interest in community outreach using music. She has performed in masterclasses taught by Phillippe Muller, Bonnie Hampton, Eric Bartlett, Colin Carr, Julia Bruskin, Paul Katz, David Ying, Julian Schwartz, and Paul Watkins. She has participated in summer music festivals at Bowdoin International Music Festival, Domaine Forget International Music Festival, and Vivace! Matera International Music Festival.