Mirjam Schröder

“For me, a concert is one of the most intimate moments between people. The musician opens the way into his soul for his audience because he wants to give the listener joy, sadness, tension, and calmness. Most of all, everything that transcends the boundaries of our language can only be said through music. ”

The fact the Mirjam Schröder takes this quote sincerely can be confirmed by the audience and the press. She is known as the "harp playing full of grace and feeling" (Lippisches Kultur Journal). She was awarded in numerous competitions, such as the ARD International Music Competition 2004 with the audience award and the 3rd prize, the Concorsi Arpista Ludovico Madrid 2002 and the International Reinl Competition Vienna / Munich with the 1st prize.
She made her concert debut at the age of 15 with Mozart's double concerto for harp and flute. Since then, she has performed as a soloist and chamber musician all over Germany and Europe. She can be heard at festivals such as the Féstival de Harpe Gargilesse, the European Harp Congress Lyon, Oberstdorfer Musiksommer, Young Artists Forum Bayreuth, World Harp Congress in Prague, as well as in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Krakow Conservatory or in theaters such as Itzehoe and Baden-Baden.
From 2006 to 2015 she taught at the Liszt University of Music in Weimar, and since 2015 Mirjam Schröder has been Professor of Harp at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
Her busy concert activity is complemented by numerous radio recordings such as the Bavarian and Hessian radio and the SWR and Deutschlandradio.
In her solo recital program, Mirjam Schröder would like to introduce as diverse repertoire as possible along with full richness of her instrument's sound to the audience. In addition to performing as a soloist, her work focuses on performing new music and chamber music. She can be heard regularly in
several permanent chamber music ensembles, for example in duos with the guitarist Maximilian Mangold, the cellist Sonja Schröder and the drummer Rie Watanabe.