Mishi Stern is a violinist interested in the performance of music by both living and deceased composers. Hailing from the South-East coast of Australia he now lives in Hamburg. Mishi is a guest with various contemporary and classical groups. Mishi creates dynamic electro-acoustic improvisations in both a solo setting, and as part of his duo with fellow improviser George Worthy.
Mishi has performed in festivals including Impuls Festival, the Berliner Festspiele, Bern Jazzweek, Darmstadt, Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik (Germany), Gaudeamus Muziekweek (Netherlands), and 180 Degrees Festival and Laboratory for innovative Art Sofia (Bulgaria). He has had the opportunity to work closely with many amazing composers including Helmut Lachemann, Brian Ferneyhough, Hans Zender and Jalalu Kalvert-Nelson. He is a member of GROW Quartet and Trio Namiro. Mishi has performed as a regular guest with Ensemble Modern, Frankfurt Radio Orchestra, Explore Ensemble, Tempus Connex and Ensemble Offspring.
In 2016 Mishi completed his Bachelor of Performance with Alice Waten at the Sydney Conservatorium. He has had masterclasses with Rainer Kuchl, Ulf Schnieder and Sofia Jaffe. In 2019 Mishi completed his study with Ensemble Modern as an academist in the International Ensemble Modern Academy. In 2021 Mishi worked for one year under the guidance of Sebastian Hamann. In 2024 he graduated from the class of Julia Schröder at the Freiburg Hochschule for Music.
In 1946, after a near fatal heart attack Schönberg lay in bed, in fevered dreams he knew that he had to finish the string trio he had begun just a month before. The work took on a total new meaning after his brush with the reaper, and he worked tirelessly to finish it only 2 weeks.
Arnold wistfully reminiscences for his hometown of Vienna, recounts the phantasmagoric and absurdist experience on the operating table, where a syringe to the heart saved his life, and gives us a glimpse at what he experienced while floating between existence and the void.
Violin – Mishi Stern
Viola – Robin Kirklar
Cello – Nathan Watts
Recorded with Live in Freiburg in May 2024 with Zoom H4. Thanks a lot to Frank Dasent for touching up the levels a bit!
A selection of short pieces for voice and violin composed by the great Gyorgy Kurtag. In the spirit of fun and playfulness they have been enriched with some(-times extravagant) audio FX and fanciful video editing.
Sounding Points is a long-distance collaboration between George Worthy and Mishi Stern. George is an instrumentalist and electronic musician and composer living in Melbourne, Australia. Mishi is a violinist and performer of new music living in Frankfurt, Germany. George and Mishi create real-time improvisations from their respective locations connecting online to play together. In 2021 they released their first album, July Sessions.
In 2022 Mishi is collaborating with the digital artist Sam Tsao to release the miniatures of American composer Ray Evanoff. These pieces are truly micro in length and explore the beauty of small gestures and brief yet precise expressions. Sam is a digital artist and musician who straddles the world between contemporary classical music and creative coding.
email: mishistern[at]gmail.com
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