Olivia Steimel is a versatile accordion soloist and passionate chamber musician. Her artistic activities include regular world premieres, CD recordings and international radio and festival appearances throughout Europe and in Brazil, Georgia, Russia and Canada, e.g. Wien Modern, ECLAT Stuttgart, Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music. She has performed as a soloist with the Basel Chamber Orchestra and the Augsburg Philharmonic Orchestra and has made guest appearances with musicAeterna, Ensemble Phoenix, Ensemble Aventure and the Basel Symphony Orchestra, among others. With the trio SÆITENWIND and the duo Steimel-Mücksch she has received numerous awards, e.g., at the Castelfidardo International Accordion Competition (1st prize), Concours Nicati Bern and the Karlsruhe Competition for the Interpretation of Contemporary Music. She studied in Würzburg, Basel and Weimar. From 2019 to 2023, she taught at the University of Music Würzburg. In the 2024/2025 season, she was Artist in Residence at the Staatstheater Augsburg.