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= Priya Mitchell (Violin) =

Priya Mitchell is a British violinist from Oxford, UK.

Education
Priya Mitchell, whose mother is from India and whose father is from Ireland, was brought up in Oxford. She first studied with David Takeno at the Yehudi Menuhin School and subsequently with Zakhar Bron at the Musikhochschule Lübeck

Career
Priya Mitchell was chosen as the British representative of the European Concert Halls Organisation ‘Rising Stars’ Series

During her career Mitchell has performed with orchestras such as 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, 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 among others She has worked with eminent conductors including Sir Andrew Davis, Yuri Temirkanov, Richard Hickcox, Emmanuel Krivine, [[Heinrich Schiff and Yan Pascal Tortelier Venues have incuded [[Carnegie Hall New York, Wiener Konzerthaus, Wigmore Hall London, Birmingham Symphony Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Palais des Beaux Arts Brussels und der Cité de la Musique in Paris.

Teaching
From 2004-2014 she was Professor of Violin at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt. In 2014 she was Thomas Zehetmair’s successor as Violin Professor at the KUG Graz

Festival
In 2000 Priya Mitchell founded the Oxford Chamber Music Festival (OCMF).