Mizuho Ueyama

Viola

Member since 2023

Born in Hyogo, Japan, Mizuho graduated from Kyoto Art University in 2011, under the guidance of Himari Umehara. In the same year, she moved to Italy to deepen her expertise in viola under the guidance of Paolo Franceschini and Francesco Pepicelli. In 2018, she obtained a masters degree from the Conservatoire of Music of Perugia.

Mizuho has won multiple awards in numerous national and international competitions, in both solo and chamber music contexts. She has given several recitals in Japan as a soloist, and has collaborated with various orchestras in both Japan and Italy. In 2013 Mizuho was appointed the Principal Viola of the Perugia Chamber Orchestra, and in 2017 became the Principal Viola of the Camerata Strumentale Città di Prato. As a chamber musician, she is currently a member of Ensemble Kinari and from 2016 to 2019, she was a member of NEXT, a quartet specialising in contemporary repertoire.

Throughout her musical journey, Mizuho has received guidance from renowned violists including Simonide Braconi, Luca Ranieri, and Danilo Rossi. Since 2021 she has been a member of the Haydn Orchestra in Bolzano and in 2023, Mizuho joined the Viola section of the London Symphony Orchestra.