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Yuya Mizuno

Cello

Blood type BAquarius

Age started playing the instrument
6 years old

Favorite part of the instrument
Its sweet timbre.

Born in Tokyo in 1998.
Placed first in the Cello Category in the 89th Music Competition of Japan while also winning the Iwatani (Audience) Award, Kuroyanagi Award, Tokunaga Award, and Masuzawa Award, which is granted to the most impressive performance across all categories. Winner of numerous other awards that include First Prize and the Audience Award in the String Category in the 13th Tokyo Music Competition, First Prize in the String Category in the 23rd Concert Marronnier 21, and the New Face Award in the 31st Aoyama Music Awards.
Has performed alongside the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, the Osaka Symphony Orchestra, the City of Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, and more as a soloist. Has appeared in the likes of the Pacific Music Festival Sapporo (PMF), the Takefu International Music Festival , Music Dialogue, the Gargan Music Festival, the “Recital Nova” radio program on NHK-FM, and “Untitled Concert” on tv asahi. Also proactively makes appearances in domestic and overseas recitals, chamber music performances, and so forth. Was a participating artist in Chanel Pygmalion Days 2020/2021.
A core member of the JNO led by pianist Kyohei Sorita. Received scholarships to join master classes at the Dresdner Musikfestspiele in Germany, the International Music Academy in the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Kusatsu International Summer Music Academy, and more. Completed the Soloist Diploma Course in the Music Department at Toho Gakuen College as a scholarship student, studying under Sumiko Kurata. Studied under Miklos Perenyi at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Hungary. Currently studying under Clemens Hagen at Mozarteum University Salzburg in Austria.