MIENO,Nao Nao Mieno was born on the 29th November 1994 in Hyogo, Japan. She graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts and entered graduate school of the Tokyo University of the Arts. She is currently studying under famed pianist bronisława Kawalla at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music. She has won numerous awards including second prize in the PTNA Piano Competition, Grand prize in the Sengawa Piano Audition, and Gold prize in the Chopin International Piano Compelition in ASIA among others. She has performed so many places around the world such as Japan, Taiwan, Austria, and Poland. Especially in Japan, she has held a number of recitals, to name a few, The La Folle Journee Tokyo, The Nippon Foundation concert, and All Chopin Recital in Hyogo Prefecture Citizens' Hall. In Poland, she has appered in the recital commemoration the 100th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Poland and Japan. She has performed with renowned orchestras including the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Nishinomiya Symphony Orchestra. She attended the 18th Hamamatsu International Piano Academy and the 1th Chopin International Master Class. She has received YAMAHA music scholarship. So far, she studied under Hiroshi Arimori, Chiharu Sakai, Sumiko Ikeda, Syuji Tanaka.