Miles Cohen

Artistic Administrator

Miles has been affiliated with Marlboro Music Festival since 1998, beginning in the summer Scheduling Department and later taking on a year-round role supporting the Artistic Director(s) and administrative team. His work spans all aspects of artistic planning and operations, including coordinating senior artist engagements and overseeing auditions.

Miles also serves as Artistic Director of the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society (PCMS), one of the United States leading chamber music presenters. Each season, he curates and manages a widely acclaimed series of 50 chamber music and recital performances by internationally renowned artists, along with 50 educational programs. PCMS is a resident company of the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia and acts as the Center’s curator for chamber music.

During the summer at Marlboro, Miles works closely with Artistic Directors Jonathan Biss, Mitsuko Uchida, fellow senior artists, Scheduling Director Alisa Belzer, and staff to coordinate up to 200 rehearsals each week. He helps balance the repertoire preferences and schedules of approximately 75 participating artists while shaping the season’s concert programs. More than 250 works are typically explored in depth each season.

Miles earned a B.A. in Music History and Theory from the University of Pennsylvania in 1998 and previously worked at Lincoln Center in New York. He lives in Center City, Philadelphia.