Born and raised in New York, Japanese-American pianist Mizuho Yoshimune has won top prizes at competitions including the Rosalyn Tureck International Bach Competition, Lillian Fuchs Chamber Music Competition, New York Piano Festival & Competition, Bronx Arts Ensemble Young Artist Competition, and the New York Music Competition.  She has performed at venues in the U.S. and abroad, including Carnegie Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, Steinway Hall, Sudler Hall at Yale University, Greenfield Hall, Field Hall at the Curtis Institute of Music, Maiori Town Hall in Italy, and Evens Hall in Israel. 

Mizuho has performed in festivals such as the Tel-Hai International Piano Master Classes in Israel, the International Keyboard Institute & Festival in New York City, and the Virtuoso & Bel Canto Festival and Amalfi Coast Music & Arts Festival in Italy.  She has performed in numerous master classes including by Dmitri Bashkirov, Tatiana Zelikman, Alexander Kobrin, Emanuel Krasovsky, Alon Goldstein, Asaf Zohar, Matti Raekallio, Boris Berman and Akiko Ebi.  Mizuho’s performances have been broadcasted on Roim Olam in Israel and News 12: The Bronx in New York.

Mizuho earned her B.A. in Economics from Yale University, where she also studied the piano with Melvin Chen at the Yale School of Music. At Yale, she was the recipient of a number of scholarships, including the John Gaffney Scholarship for aspiring professional musicians, the Governor’s Committee Scholarship, the Japanese American Association of New York Scholarship, and was also the Yale Club of New York’s Charlie Guggenheimer Scholar.  Mizuho recently earned her Master’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music, where she studied with André-Michel Schub and was also a Cirio Foundation Scholar. Mizuho is currently pursuing a D.M.A. in Piano Performance at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City, where she is studying with Thomas Sauer. Mizuho has also previously studied with Mei Rui in NYC.