Fumiaki Miura, violinist

Born in Tokyo in 1993, he studied with Tsugio Tokunaga at the Conservatory of his hometown and later moved to Vienna to carry on his studies with Pavel Vernikov and Julian Rachlin. Since he was 16, he is mentored by Pinchas Zukerman who has guided him in his professional career. In 2009 he was awarded First Prize at the prestigious Joseph Joachim Hannover International Violin Competition, where he was not only the youngest winner, but also the most awarded violinist at this competition ever, including both the Critics’ Prize and the Audience’s Award.

He has been engaged with the most prestigious international orchestras including NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, NDR Sinfonieorchester Hamburg, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart SWR, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Wiener Kammer Orchester, Prague Philharmonia, Tchaykovsky Symphony Orchestra, NAC Orchestra in Ottawa, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Warsaw Philharmonic, Tokio Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Utah Symphony or Japan Philharmonic.