Miho Hazama

Miho Hazama studied at Kunitachi College of Music, Manhattan School of Music and Kunitachi College of Music Junior & Senior High School. Training under Masakazu Natsuda, Kazunori Maruyama and Jim McNeely is recorded. The recorded working language is Japanese and English. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are jazz.

• Name — Miho Hazama • Born — 1986 • Birthplace — Tokyo, Japan • Genre — Jazz • Occupation — * Composer • arranger • conductor • Years Active — 2012–present • Label — * Verve • Sunnyside • Associated Acts — Siena Wind Orchestra, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, DR Big Band, New York Jazzharmonic, Metropole Orkest • Website — jamrice.co.jp/miho/index.html

Miho Hazama started to play electric keyboard at the age of three at Yamaha Music Foundation's School, and received attention when she proceeded to the final of Junior Electone Concours '96 at the age of ten. Hazama attended and graduated the Kunitachi College of Music, where she studied classical composition from Masakazu Natsuda and Kazunori Maruyama. While in the college, she was active in composition and arrangement, and provided her works to Yōsuke Yamashita, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra, Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, Siena Wind Orchestra and Yamaha Symphonic Band. In 2010, Hazama moved to New York City to study jazz composition in master's program of Manhattan School of Music (MSM). While attending, she studied under Jim McNeely, and received 2011 ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Awards. Hazama obtained her master's degree in May 2012 and recorded her first album Journey to Journey in July 2012. Yōsuke Yamashita produced her professional debut event in January 2013, held at Tokyo Opera City Tower. In May 2017, Hazama became a composer in residence of the Siena Wind Orchestra. She was the 2018-2019 composer of the year for the Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa. In June 2019, Hazama was appointed as chief conductor of the Danish Radio Big Band. She is also the Associate Artistic Director of The New York Jazzharmonic, and in August 2020, she became a permanent guest conductor of The Metropole Orkest. In August 2026, Hazama conducted the BBC Concert Orchestra and soloist Ambrose Akinmusire for the BBC Proms Miles Davis Centenary concert at the Royal Albert Hall.

• Journey to Journey with m_unit (Universal Music/Verve, 2012; Sunnyside, 2013) • Time River with m_unit (Verve & Sunnyside, 2015) • The Monk: Live at Bimhuis with Metropole Orkest Big Band (Verve & Sunnyside, 2018) • Dancer in Nowhere with m_unit (Verve, 2018; Sunnyside, 2019) • Marius Neset, Tributes with Danish Radio Big Band (ACT Music, 2020) • Imaginary Visions featuring The Danish Radio Big Band (Edition, 2021) • Beyond Orbits with m_unit (Edition, 2023) • The Babylon Hotel with Danish Radio Big Band, Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Moka Efti Orchestra (EuroArts Music International, 2024)[CD, Blu-ray] • Live Life This Day: Celebrating Thad Jones with Danish Radio Big Band and Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Edition, 2025) • Frames with Danish Radio Big Band (Edition, 2026)