Violinist Miranda Liu is one of the most dynamic and versatile musicians of her generation. Equally at home as a soloist, chamber musician, and concertmaster, she brings a distinctive combination of brilliance, intensity, and curiosity to the stage.

 

As a soloist, she has appeared in major venues including Carnegie Recital Hall in New York, Verizon Hall in Philadelphia, New World Center in Miami Beach, Liszt Academy of Music, Müpa Budapest, Vigadó in Budapest, Croatian Music Institute in Zagreb, National Philharmonic Hall in Vilnius, Kodály Center in Pécs, Romanian Radio Hall in Bucharest, Wiener Saal in Salzburg, and Philharmonic Hall in Kraków. As a chamber musician, she has performed at the Barbican Centre in London, the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish Radio in Warsaw, the Palace of Culture in Târgu Mureș, and the Primatial Palace in Bratislava, among many others.

 

A prizewinner of numerous international competitions, Miranda Liu has given more than a thousand concerts worldwide. Her extensive career has taken her across Europe, Asia, and the United States, with performances in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, China, Korea, Taiwan, and the USA.

 

Her repertoire encompasses more than seventy works for violin and orchestra. Highlights include performances of Dvořák’s and Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concertos with the Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto with the New World Symphony in Florida, Ravel’s Tzigane with the Rhode Island Philharmonic, Tchaikovsky’s Valse-Scherzo with the Las Vegas Philharmonic, Karłowicz’s and Młynarski’s Violin Concertos with the Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra, Wieniawski’s First Violin Concerto with the Silesian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Bruch’s First Violin Concerto with the National Radio Orchestra of Romania, Prokofiev’s First Violin Concerto with the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with the Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock, and Shostakovich’s First, Bartók’s Second, Britten’s and Korngold’s Violin Concertos with the Redwood Symphony.

 

Miranda Liu tours internationally and records regularly as the Primarius of the V4 String Quartet. In 2026 she is taking Beethoven’s 10 Sonatas for Piano and Violin to the stage with pianist László Borbély and performing and recording György Kurtág’s Complete Works for String Quartet with the V4 String Quartet.

 

Since 2013 she has been based in Budapest, where she became Hungary’s youngest concertmaster at the age of 19 after winning the Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra’s concertmaster audition under András Keller. She has since led the orchestra for a decade in hundreds of performances. In recognition of her outstanding artistic achievements, she was granted Hungarian citizenship by the Hungarian State in 2022.

 

Born in California, Miranda Liu spent her childhood in Philadelphia and Salzburg.  She studied at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. In 2024 she earned her Doctor of Liberal Arts (DLA) in Violin Performance.  As a dedicated educator, she has led violin and chamber music master classes across Europe, including in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Spain.  Ms. Liu speaks seven languages.

 

In 2019, she established the MiraTone Festival and Academy, which under her artistic direction has grown into one of Europe’s most prestigious international festivals, bringing together leading artists from around the world.  She works tirelessly to strengthen cultural exchange, support young artists, and bring classical music to new audiences.