Mizuki Hayakawa

Mizuki Hayakawa is a third-year Cello Fellow at the New World Symphony. She completed her bachelor’s and master's degrees from The Juilliard School with Natasha Brofsky, Joel Krosnick and Astrid Schween, and was a proud recipient of the Bidu Sayao Scholarship and the Dr. Ralph Slater Scholarship.

Originally from Yokohama, Japan, Mizuki started on the violin through the Suzuki method. After moving to Scarsdale, New York she discovered her love for the cello, and enrolled in the neighborhood music school prior to being admitted to Juilliard Pre-College to study with Natasha Brofsky.

As a lover of both chamber music and orchestra, she has participated in Tanglewood Music Center, Kneisel Hall, Music Academy of the West and Yellowbarn young artist program. She has collaborated with members of the Juilliard, Muir, Orion, Shanghai, Takács and Vermeer quartets. She has played principal roles under the baton of Thomas Adès, Stefan Asbury, David Robertson and Dima Slobodeniouk.

As an advocate for new music, she has collaborated with composers at The Juilliard School and has performed in Paul Hall and Alice Tully Hall. In 2022, she was part of the U.S. premiere of George Benjamin’s opera Lessons in Love and Violence. Additionally, she participated in the Festival of Contemporary Music at Tanglewood; performed Malin Bång’s Arching for amplified cello, amplified tools and electronics; as well as Gabriela Lena Frank’s Las Sombras de Los Apus for four cellos, both performed with members of the Boston Symphony.

Knowing the importance of the future generations of classical music, Mizuki was a chamber music mentor at Juilliard Pre-College, where she coached and played with students of all ages. Mizuki is excited to collaborate with schools and students around the New World Symphony, to expand and recognize the importance of the future of classical music. Aside from music, she loves to cook, eat and explore.