Miller-Porfiris Duo

The Miller-Porfiris Duo has been delighting audiences since 2005. On faculty of the Hartt School in Connecticut, the duo has been in residency and given seminars and masterclasses at festivals and institutions across the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Recent seasons have seen tours around the United States, Iceland, Taiwan and Israel; with critically acclaimed performances on the Spitalfields Festival in London, Chamber Music of Little Rock, Chamber Music Pittsburgh, Tel Aviv Museum, and Icelandic Chamber Society series. Their “MP2 on the Silver Screen” series has reintroduced modern audiences to the compelling interplay of silent film and live music.

Committed to expanding the repertoire for violin and viola, in 2010 they commissioned and recorded 3 new works by Errollyn Wallen, Mario Diaz Gavier, and Libby Larsen for their debut CD “Five Postcards.” Their second CD, titled “Eight Pieces” and released in 2013, was deemed a “fine new recording” and praised for its “wonderfully smooth ensemble work” and “vibrant and focused” playing by Gramophone and Audible Audiophile Magazines. Acclaim from Fanfare for the Duo’s third CD, entitled “Divertimenti” declares their playing “a lightning bolt” and speaks to the “color, fire, and passion.”  Whole Note Magazine declared “you would have to go a long way to hear better duo playing than this.” Their fourth CD, “Threaded Sky”,  released in the Spring of 2020, features new compositions by Bright Sheng, Krzysztof Penderecki, Mani Mirzaee and Augusta Read Thomas. American Record Guide declared it “in the top ten of all albums I’ve ever reviewed.” (Stephanie Boyd). The pandemic 2020-21 season saw them expanding to a true global audience. During this time, MP2 commissioned and premiered over 10 new pieces by women and underrepresented composers for duo or trio (violin, viola and piano), producing and recording all of them for streaming platforms, and watched by thousands. 

For more information visit their website at www.millerporfirisduo.org.