Mia Asano

About Mia Asano

Mia Asano is an American violinist and electric violinist from Denver, Colorado.

Her classically trained performance career as a violinist and electric violinist has led her to record and tour with ensembles specializing in contemporary classical music and hybrid orchestral works.
Early life

Mia began playing violin at age five, in a musical family, by studying the Suzuki method.

She is an alumnus of the Denver School of the Arts orchestra program and of the Berklee School of Music with a dual major in Performance and Professional Music, graduating in 2022.

First widespread recognition as a professional violinist came from a viral video in 2021 by Asano, from a cover of “Roses” by SAINt JHN (2018), performed on electric violin.

Mia has collaborated with Tina Guo, Kiki Wong and Grace Kelly in performances as the RAMENSTEIN quartet.

She toured with Ally the Piper (Ally Crowley Duncan) as the duo "Mia x Ally", a touring group which performs hybrid orchestral arrangements using electric violin and electric bagpipe.

These collaborations are distinctive for their use of the aggressive tonality, performance, and fashion choices which follow the heavy metal music aesthetic.

Mia participated as a solo violinist on the 2023 Two Steps From Hell tour.

She plays the electric seven-string fretted Viper violin manufactured by Wood Violins.