Dutch flutist Mirna Ackers enjoys versatility and unites her passion for music, her love for arranging, and her background as a musicologist in her concerts. Starting in the 2024/2025 season, Mirna will be part of the North Netherlands Orchestra as a flutist. Mirna also regularly performs with other Dutch orchestras, such as the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra | Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. In addition to her work as an orchestral musician, she is co-organizer of Flutopia, which organizes events for amateur flute players. In the field of chamber music, Mirna has a long-standing collaboration with pianist Vital Stahievitch.
Since 2020, Mirna has performed as a flutist and shrew in the family opera A Song for the Moon by Mathilde Wantenaar, with Dutch National Opera and Opera Zuid: “What remains […] is the excellent instrumental ensemble, in which flute and piccolo player Mirna Ackers also proved herself to be a true comedian.” (Neil van der Linden/Basia con Fuoco). This family opera will have its third reprise in the 2024/2025 season. She played principal flute in other family operas of the Dutch National Opera: Operetta Land by Steef de Jong (2022) and The Boy Who Grew Too Fast by Gian Carlo Menotti (2019).
Mirna studied with Marieke Schneemann and Kersten McCall (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra) at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, and she studied Musicology at the University of Amsterdam. She took piccolo lessons with Vincent Cortvrint (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra). During her studies, Mirna played in the leading youth orchestras in the Netherlands (JON and NJO). On behalf of these orchestras, she participated in several projects and TV programs, such as Aria, the Kerst Muziekgala, and the Kinderprinsengrachtconcert. In the 2019/2020 season, Mirna was an academist of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra | Netherlands Chamber Orchestra. She received masterclasses with a.o. Jacques Zoon, Felix Renggli, and Emily Beynon.