Miranda Liu
Miranda Liu seated with her violin, eyes closed, smiling

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Violinist. Concertmaster of Concerto Budapest, first violin of the V4 String Quartet, founder of the MiraTone Festival.

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Miranda Liu playing with the MiraTone Ensemble in a mirrored concert hall

Miranda on stage

With the MiraTone Ensemble, Budapest

Moments from the stage

Miranda Liu and pianist László Borbély performing before a seated audience
With László Borbély, MiraTone opening concert, 2025Photo: Eszter Takács
Miranda Liu with fellow musicians, taking a bow in a chandeliered hall
Breath and Motion: Bach 275, 2025Photo: Eszter Takács
Miranda Liu in a blue gown with the V4 String Quartet on stage
With the V4 String Quartet, MiraTone opening concert, 2024Photo: MiraTone Festival
Chamber musicians playing close to a seated audience in a gallery
Whispers and Tales, MiraTone, 2025Photo: Eszter Takács
Miranda Liu playing with the MiraTone Ensemble in a mirrored concert hall
MiraTone Ensemble, Budapest, 2025Photo: Eszter Takács
“I’ve never heard a better performance of this concerto.”
The San Mateo Daily Journal on the Britten Violin Concerto with Redwood Symphony

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Coming up

  • 5 June 2027

    Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1Redwood Symphony, Cañada College Main Theater, Redwood City, California. With Schnittke and Sibelius.

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Earlier in 2026

  • 30 August

    Closing concert, For the End of Time: Mozart, MessiaenMiraTone Festival, FUGA, Budapest

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  • 29 August

    Kurtág 100: HommagesWith the V4 String Quartet, MiraTone Festival, FUGA, Budapest

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  • 26 August

    French Evening: Debussy, Ravel, Bonis, BoulangerMiraTone Festival, French Institute of Hungary, Budapest

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  • 23 August

    The Kreutzer Circle: Beethoven, JanáčekWith László Borbély and the V4 String Quartet, FUGA, Budapest

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  • 15–16 May

    Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D minorPort Angeles Symphony Chamber Orchestra, Port Angeles and Sequim, Washington

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Album cover: Beethoven Sonatas for Piano and Violin No. 7 and No. 10

New recording, 2026

Beethoven: Sonatas for Piano and Violin No. 7 & No. 10

With László Borbély. Hunnia Records.

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On the way

György Kurtág: Complete Works for String Quartet

With the V4 String Quartet, for the DUX label, marking the composer’s centenary.

Miranda Liu smiling and holding her violin

About Miranda

California, Salzburg, Budapest.

Miranda Liu was born in California, spent her childhood between Philadelphia and Salzburg, and has made Budapest her home since 2013. At 19 she became concertmaster of Concerto Budapest, the youngest in Hungary, and she has led the orchestra for a decade.

As a soloist she has appeared from Carnegie Recital Hall and Philadelphia’s Verizon Hall to Müpa Budapest and the Vienna Konzerthaus, on tours across Europe, Asia and the United States. She leads the V4 String Quartet and directs the MiraTone Festival and Academy, which brings young musicians to Budapest every August.

  1. 2015First Prize, Alexander & Buono International String Competition, New York
  2. 2016Concertmaster of Concerto Budapest, aged 19
  3. 2019Founds the MiraTone Festival and Academy
  4. 2021Founds the V4 String Quartet
  5. 2024Doctorate (DLA) in Violin Performance
  6. 2026Beethoven sonatas album with László Borbély
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“I decided I wanted to be a violinist when I was nine.”Miranda, in conversation with Képmás, 2022
Miranda’s thoughts on music

Beyond the solo stage

The four members of the V4 String Quartet with their instruments

V4 String Quartet

Four musicians from the four Visegrád countries: Hungary, Slovakia, Czechia and Poland. Founded in 2021, with Miranda as first violin.

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The full MiraTone festival company standing under chandeliers in a white and gold ballroom

MiraTone Festival and Academy

Nine days of concerts and masterclasses every August in Budapest. Founded by Miranda in 2019, with participants from over 25 countries.

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Press kit

Everything an organiser needs, in one link.

Biography and photographs for programme books, interviews and press. Ready to download, no e-mail needed.

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