Pianist and teacher, Michael Salmirs studied at the New England Conservatory and Eastman School of Music. His primary teachers include Leonard Shure and Rebecca Penneys. He has also studied composition with Karel Husa.
As a performer, he has given numerous recitals and chamber concerts throughout the region and has soloed with the Corning Philharmonic, (now Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes), Binghamton University Orchestra, and the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra. He was a founding member of Mobius, resident piano quartet at Binghamton University from 2001-14 and has performed for many years on the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra chamber series.
As a founding member and co-director of the Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble, which has just celebrated their thirtieth anniversary, he has given chamber concerts and lecture-recitals in the Finger Lakes region as well as on Public Radio & TV. He has taught at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Syracuse University and Binghamton University.
He presently teaches privately and at Opus Ithaca School of Music.