HIMA USA
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
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Sibbi Bernhardsson, violin
HIMA Artistic Director; Professor of Violin, Oberlin Conservatory
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Amit Even-Tov, cello
Cellist, Ariel String Quartet
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Mari Sato, violin
Former member, Cavani String Quartet
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Eric Wong, viola
Violist, Cavani String Quartet
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Angela Cheng, piano
Oberlin Conservatory
2023 Junior Strings Workshop Faculty
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Sibbi Bernhardsson
Violin, HIMA USA faculty, all programs
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Karin Brown
Violin/Viola, Junior Strings Workshop
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Emelinda Escobar
Violin, Junior Strings Workshop
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Katherine Floriano
Violin, Junior Strings Workshop
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Daniel Levitov
Cello, Junior Strings Workshop
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Javier Otalora
Violin/Viola, Junior Strings Workshop
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Mari Sato
Violin, HIMA USA faculty, all programs
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Tatiana Lokhina
Collaborative pianist, Junior Strings Workshop
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Amber Scherer
Collaborative pianist, Junior Strings Workshop
