Miho Sasaki is a jazz pianist and educator in New York. Born in Tokyo, Japan, she played

piano at age five and continued studying music through high school. After her exposure to

jazz and enrolling in a jazz program for two years, she began her musical career. She has

performed in many venues and has taught in Tokyo. In 2015, she received a scholarship

from the Rotary Foundation to study abroad, which led her to the State University of New

York, Purchase College, Music Conservatory, Jazz Studies. Approaching her third year in

the program, she was selected to receive the prestigious James Moody Scholarship. She has

performed at many jazz venues in New York City, such as Birdland, Cleopatra's Needle,

Tomi Jazz, Bonafide, Maureen's Jazz Cellar, Knickerbocker Bar and Grill, Mezzrow, Smalls

jazz club, etc. In 2018, she led her trio on tour in Japan. And she also attended a historical

jazz competition in Tokyo, called the "38th Asakusa Jazz Contest," and her trio won the

silver medal. In 2022, she performed at Newport Jazz Festival with the Ryan Hollander

band.