HANA MUNDIYA

violin

At just 13, Hana Miyamoto Mundiya debuted as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic. She now performs globally at prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall and the United Nations Headquarters. Hana has won numerous prizes and is devoted to using music for humanitarian causes, collaborating with organizations like the UNHCR and Red Cross. She frequently plays in chamber music series, and her accomplishments include being featured in a documentary film. Hana holds degrees from Princeton and Juilliard, and enjoys hobbies like language learning and fishing.

Having made her solo debut with the New York Philharmonic at age 13 in David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, Hana Miyamoto Mundiya is a sought after soloist and chamber musician on the world's top stages throughout the United States, including Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and the United Nations Headquarters, as well as internationally in Italy, Sweden, Japan, Germany, France, Austria, Spain, Czech Republic, Hungary, and Switzerland. She is the first prize winner of the 2022 Hudson Valley Philharmonic String Competition, and a recent top prizewinner of the International Brahms Competition in Austria, Leopold Mozart Competition in Germany, Kosciuszko Foundation Wieniawski Competition, and Adelphi Orchestra Young Artist Competition.

Committed to using music for humanitarian purposes, Hana is a member of the United Nations Chamber Music Society, and regularly performs for the UNHCR, UNESCO, Red Cross, and Mount Sinai Hospital. She has collaborated with RAINN, Futures Without Violence, and Sakhi for South Asian Women to offer solace to Asian female survivors of gender-based violence, and plays with The VISION Collective, an ensemble that raises awareness of the global refugee crisis through music.

Hana is a frequent performer at the Music on Park Avenue chamber music series with pianist Per Tengstrand at Scandinavia House in New York and on tour in Sweden. She was recently featured in the documentary film, “Beethoven - Freedom of the Will,” directed by Tengstrand, about the timeless power of Beethoven’s music. She has appeared in recitals at Bargemusic and Paesaggi Musicali Toscani as well as at the Taos School of Music and Chamber Music Festival and the Aspen Music Festival.

Born and raised in New York City, Hana holds a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature from Princeton University, specializing in Japanese and French Literature, and a Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School, where she studied under the tutelage of Catherine Cho and Naoko Tanaka. She has also studied at the Royal College of Music in London. Her mentors and former teachers include Detlef Hahn, Donald Weilerstein, Eric Wyrick, and Bojan Čičić, and for chamber music, the Brentano, Borromeo, and Juilliard String Quartets. In her spare time, she enjoys learning new languages, cooking, hiking, and trout fishing.