Mia Asano

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| birth_place = Denver, Colorado

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| instrument = Violin, electric violin, vocals

| genre = Classical, classical crossover, new-age, heavy metal, industrial metal, progressive rock

| occupation = Musician

| years_active = 2013–present

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Asano Herlinger Music

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| website = [https://www.miaasano.com/ Official Website]

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Mia Asano (born November 12, 1999) is an American musician 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

Asano began playing violin at age five, in a musical family, by studying the Suzuki method.{{cite web |last=Rocha |first=Gus |title=Mia Asano Makes Violin Cool (Again) |url=https://performermag.com/new-music-and-video/interviews-and-features/cover-story-mia-asano-makes-violin-cool-again/ |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=Performer: The Musician's Resource}} She is an alumnus of the Denver School of the Arts orchestra program {{cite web |last=LPR |first= |title= Mia Asano |url=https://lpr.com/lpr_artists/mia-asano/|access-date=2024-10-09 |website=LPR.com: Artists}} and of the Berklee School of Music with a dual major in Performance and Professional Music, graduating in 2022.

Career

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.

Asano has collaborated with Tina Guo, Kiki Wong, and Grace Kelly in performances as the RAMENSTEIN quartet.{{cite web |last=Scarlett |first=Liz |title=We think we've found the coolest cover of Rammstein's Deutschland on the internet |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/we-think-weve-found-the-coolest-cover-of-rammsteins-deutschland-on-the-internet |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=Metal Hammer magazine}} Asano toured with Ally the Piper 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 Asano participated as a solo violinist on the 2023 Two Steps From Hell tour.

Instruments

Asano plays the electric seven-string fretted Viper violin manufactured by Wood Violins.{{cite web |last=Asano |first=Mia |title=Why Violinist Mia Asano's First Piece, "Lunar," is Back On Her Music Stand |url=https://stringsmagazine.com/why-violinist-mia-asanos-first-piece-lunar-is-back-on-her-music-stand/ |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=STRINGS magazine}}

Recordings

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Year ! Title ! Notes
2021 \| Lunar (single) \| Electric Violin, collab. with violinist Jason Anick
2023 \| Mia x Ally: The Viral Hits (album) \| Electric Violin, collab. with Ally The Piper
2024 \| Nick Phoenix – Heart Of The Ocean (album) \| Electric Violin contrib. Released by Two Steps From Hell

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Year

! Title

! Notes

2021

| Lunar (single)

| Electric Violin, collab. with violinist Jason Anick

2023

| Mia x Ally: The Viral Hits (album)

| Electric Violin, collab. with Ally The Piper

2024

| Nick Phoenix – Heart Of The Ocean (album)