HIMA USA Chamber Music Showcase Concert:

Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 7:30 PM

Trios of Brahms and Shostakovich

Sibbi Bernhardsson, violin; Mark Kosower, cello; Scott Cuellar, piano

Hoover Auditorium, Lakeside Chautauqua, Ohio

Due to major summer construction at our main teaching facility, the HIMA USA workshops will not take place in the summer of 2024.

Please check back for 2025 summer programs!

Co-founder and Artistic Director: Sibbi Bernhardsson

Co-founder and Executive Director: Sally Takada

An intensive summer music academy for strings and string chamber music on the Lake Erie shore in Northeast Ohio. Inspired by our sister festival in Reykjavik, Iceland, Harpa International Music Academy USA (HIMA USA) celebrates the art of chamber music through an intergenerational, immersive music festival amidst beautiful settings in nature.

Three strings programs:

2023 Artist Faculty

  • Sibbi Bernhardsson, violin

    HIMA Artistic Director; Professor of Violin, Oberlin Conservatory

  • Amit Even-Tov, cello

    Cellist, Ariel String Quartet

  • Mari Sato, violin

    Former member, Cavani String Quartet

  • Eric Wong, viola

    Violist, Cavani String Quartet

  • Angela Cheng, piano

    Oberlin Conservatory

2023 Junior Strings Workshop Faculty

  • Sibbi Bernhardsson

    Violin, HIMA USA faculty, all programs

  • Karin Brown

    Violin/Viola, Junior Strings Workshop

  • Emelinda Escobar

    Violin, Junior Strings Workshop

  • Katherine Floriano

    Violin, Junior Strings Workshop

  • Daniel Levitov

    Cello, Junior Strings Workshop

  • Javier Otalora

    Violin/Viola, Junior Strings Workshop

    Javier Otalora, violin/viola
  • Mari Sato

    Violin, HIMA USA faculty, all programs

  • Tatiana Lokhina

    Collaborative pianist, Junior Strings Workshop

  • Amber Scherer

    Collaborative pianist, Junior Strings Workshop

    Amber Scherer, piano