Mary Oliver

Mary Oliver (born in La Jolla, California) is an American performer on violin, viola, and Hardanger fiddle, in the areas of New Music, free improvisation, and avant-garde jazz.

She currently lives in Amsterdam, where she is professor at the Amsterdam University of the Arts (Hogeschool voor Kunst) and musical director of the Magpie Music Dance Company. She also performs and releases albums with the Instant Composers Pool.

She has performed with, among others, Ab Baars, Sean Bergin, Tobias Delius, Scott Fields, Ig Henneman, Tristan Honsinger, Achim Kaufmann, Joëlle Léandre, Thomas Lehn, George E. Lewis, Misha Mengelberg, Phil Minton, Michael Moore and Evan Parker.