Mayumi Seiler is the founder and artistic director of Via Salzburg, an instructor at the University of Toronto and the Glenn Gould School, and is in great demand throughout the world as a soloist and chamber musician. She has performed with numerous renowned orchestras and conductors including Neville Marriner, Christopher Hogwood, Peter Oundjian, and Sandor Vegh. In addition, she has been the featured soloist with orchestras such as the London Sinfonia, the Royal Philharmonic, the Berlin Symphony, the Moscow Symphony, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and the Toronto Symphony. She has recently concluded a highly successful and acclaimed tour as soloist with the UBS Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Maxim Vengerov, a tour that saw her perform at Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto, Carnegie Hall, as well as venues in Vienna, Amsterdam, London, and many other locations throughout Europe. In addition to her busy touring schedule, Ms. Seiler has recorded much of the great violin and chamber repertoire for such labels as Virgin Classics, JVC Victor, Hyperion, and Capriccio.

Ms. Seiler was born in Osaka, Japan to Japanese / German parents, a cross-cultural upbringing that shows its influence in the global flavour of the programming that has become a staple of Via Salzburg. Wedded to the violin from the age of three, Ms. Seiler received her musical education at the renowned Mozarteum during the formative years of her childhood in Salzburg, Austria. She is currently based in Toronto, Canada where she lives with her two greatest accomplishments, her daughter Hana and her son Seiji.

Ms. Seiler is very proud to have received the sponsorship of Acura Canada. Thanks to the very generous support of a private benefactor, Ms. Seiler’s faithful partner in her musical travels is an exquisite J.B. Guadagnini violin, circa 1740.