‘Priya Mitchell is one of the fore­most vio­lin­ists of her gen­er­a­tion. This is not so much because of her impres­sive array of tech­ni­cal skills, or even her unfail­ing abil­i­ty to find the appro­pri­ate style for each work. Rather, it’s the intense high-pro­file char­ac­ter­i­sa­tion she gives to each phrase she plays, com­bined with qual­i­ties of colour and vivid­ness, excite­ment and pas­sion which makes her play­ing so memorable.’

The Strad

Priya Mitchell grew up in Oxford and stud­ied with David Takeno at the Yehu­di Menuhin School and with Zachar Bron in Ger­many. She was then cho­sen as the British rep­re­sen­ta­tive of the Euro­pean Con­cert Halls Organ­i­sa­tion ‘Ris­ing Stars‘ Series, this suc­cess led to high­ly acclaimed tours and per­for­mances with, amongst oth­ers, the Roy­al Phil­har­mon­ic Orches­tra, BBC Sym­pho­ny Orches­tra, BBC Phil­har­mon­ic Orches­tra, Bournemouth Sym­pho­ny Orches­tra, Eng­lish Cham­ber Orches­tra, Lon­don Mozart Play­ers, the Scot­tish Cham­ber Orches­tra, the Roy­al Liv­er­pool Phil­har­mon­ic and the Philharmonia.

She has worked with many emi­nent con­duc­tors includ­ing Sir Andrew Davis, Yuri Temirkanov, Richard Hick­cox, Emmanuel Kriv­ine, Hein­rich Schiff and Yan Pas­cal Torte­lier. Abroad, Priya has worked with many orches­tras includ­ing the Bel­gian Radio and Tele­vi­sion Phil­har­mon­ic, Sin­fo­nia Varso­via, the Pol­ish Cham­ber Orches­tra, Pol­ish Radio Sym­pho­ny Orches­tra, the Aus­tralian Cham­ber Orches­tra, the Moscow Phil­har­mon­ic Orches­tra, and the Deutsche Sin­fonie-Orch­ester. As a recital­ist and cham­ber musi­cian she has per­formed exten­sive­ly at inter­na­tion­al music fes­ti­vals includ­ing Schleswig-Hol­stein, Schu­ber­ti­ade Schwarzen­berg, Kuh­mo, Lock­en­haus, Risør, Heim­bach, Ravinia, Lugano, Chel­tenham, Bath, Sta­vanger and Trondheim.

This year sees the 17th anniver­sary of Priya’s high­ly acclaimed Oxford Cham­ber Music Fes­ti­val with the Lat­vian com­pos­er Peteris Vasks in res­i­dence. Her artis­tic direc­tor­ship of this unusu­al and much acclaimed fes­ti­val inspired The Dai­ly Tele­graph to call it ‚a musi­cal miracle.‘

In the cur­rent sea­son Priya per­forms Mendelssohn Vio­lin Con­cer­to D minor in Stock­holm, Philip Glass vio­lin con­cer­to also in Stock­holm, Schu­mann Con­cer­to in Düs­sel­dorf, Mozart Con­cer­tos in Munich and Piazzolla’s Four sea­sons in Meck­len­burg Vor­pom­mern fes­ti­val. She will also return to the Kuh­mo Cham­ber Music Fes­ti­val and many others.

‘Priya Mitchell is one of the fore­most vio­lin­ists of her gen­er­a­tion. This is not so much because of her impres­sive array of tech­ni­cal skills, or even her unfail­ing abil­i­ty to find the appro­pri­ate style for each work. Rather, it’s the intense high-pro­file char­ac­ter­i­sa­tion she gives to each phrase she plays, com­bined with qual­i­ties of colour and vivid­ness, excite­ment and pas­sion which makes her play­ing so memorable.’

The Strad

Priya Mitchell grew up in Oxford and stud­ied with David Takeno at the Yehu­di Menuhin School and with Zachar Bron in Ger­many. She was then cho­sen as the British rep­re­sen­ta­tive of the Euro­pean Con­cert Halls Organ­i­sa­tion ‘Ris­ing Stars‘ Series, this suc­cess led to high­ly acclaimed tours and per­for­mances with, amongst oth­ers, the Roy­al Phil­har­mon­ic Orches­tra, BBC Sym­pho­ny Orches­tra, BBC Phil­har­mon­ic Orches­tra, Bournemouth Sym­pho­ny Orches­tra, Eng­lish Cham­ber Orches­tra, Lon­don Mozart Play­ers, the Scot­tish Cham­ber Orches­tra, the Roy­al Liv­er­pool Phil­har­mon­ic and the Philharmonia.

She has worked with many emi­nent con­duc­tors includ­ing Sir Andrew Davis, Yuri Temirkanov, Richard Hick­cox, Emmanuel Kriv­ine, Hein­rich Schiff and Yan Pas­cal Torte­lier. Abroad, Priya has worked with many orches­tras includ­ing the Bel­gian Radio and Tele­vi­sion Phil­har­mon­ic, Sin­fo­nia Varso­via, the Pol­ish Cham­ber Orches­tra, Pol­ish Radio Sym­pho­ny Orches­tra, the Aus­tralian Cham­ber Orches­tra, the Moscow Phil­har­mon­ic Orches­tra, and the Deutsche Sin­fonie-Orch­ester. As a recital­ist and cham­ber musi­cian she has per­formed exten­sive­ly at inter­na­tion­al music fes­ti­vals includ­ing Schleswig-Hol­stein, Schu­ber­ti­ade Schwarzen­berg, Kuh­mo, Lock­en­haus, Risør, Heim­bach, Ravinia, Lugano, Chel­tenham, Bath, Sta­vanger and Trondheim.

This year sees the 17th anniver­sary of Priya’s high­ly acclaimed Oxford Cham­ber Music Fes­ti­val with the Lat­vian com­pos­er Peteris Vasks in res­i­dence. Her artis­tic direc­tor­ship of this unusu­al and much acclaimed fes­ti­val inspired The Dai­ly Tele­graph to call it ‚a musi­cal miracle.‘

In the cur­rent sea­son Priya per­forms Mendelssohn Vio­lin Con­cer­to D minor in Stock­holm, Philip Glass vio­lin con­cer­to also in Stock­holm, Schu­mann Con­cer­to in Düs­sel­dorf, Mozart Con­cer­tos in Munich and Piazzolla’s Four sea­sons in Meck­len­burg Vor­pom­mern fes­ti­val. She will also return to the Kuh­mo Cham­ber Music Fes­ti­val and many others.