Mizuki Ueda - cellist
Mizuki has obtained her Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees with highest honors in Cello Performance from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. Afterwards, she went on to further deepen her knowledge of chamber music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
During her studies, she has attended numerous masterclasses as well as international competitions with positive results, including the Gold Medal at 10th Jubilee International Music Competition for Young Musicians in Budapest, and Second Prize at the 5th Svirel International Competition in Slovenia. Mizuki was a recipient of Stipendium Hungaricum as well as the scholarship "Verein der Freunde der Wiener Philharmoniker" upon participating IOIA masterclass.
She began her professional carrier as an orchestral musician at the prestigious Hungarian State Opera Orchestra in 2016. From 2018 to 2023, Mizuki was a member of the Győr Philharmonic Orchestra in Hungary, performing at prominent venues across Hungary as well as in Austria. After she has relocated to Germany in 2023, she has worked at Staatsbad Orchester Salzuflen during the summer of 2024. Over the course of her carrier, she has also performed as a guest cellist among others at Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Duna Symphony Orchestra (as a principal), and the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra. Currently, she is a freelancer based in Dresden, Germany, and is also a regular contributor at Webern Kammerphilharmonie, a Vienna-based ensemble, where she has been a member since 2016.
Since September 2020, Mizuki has been playing on an antique Viennese instrument from year 1778. This loan is made possible by the generosity of Mrs. Eckert as well as by the courtesy of her mentor, Mr. Tamás Varga.
