november 5, 2026thursday
Multi-Grammy-nominated composer, arranger, and conductor Miho Hazama is one of the most distinctive voices of her generation. Named one of DownBeat’s “25 for the Future,” Hazama is the creator of her acclaimed jazz chamber orchestra m_unit, whose album Dancer In Nowhere was nominated for a Grammy Award. Her work has featured artists including Joshua Redman, Lionel Loueke, Christian McBride, and Gil Goldstein, and she has received the Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize, the Idemitsu Music Award, and an ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award. Since 2019, Hazama has served as Chief Conductor of the legendary Danish Radio Big Band, and she is also a permanent guest conductor of the Metropole Orkest, Special Conductor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, and Associate Artistic Director of the New York Jazzharmonic. As a composer and arranger, she has collaborated with Ryuichi Sakamoto, Vince Mendoza, and the NHK Symphony Orchestra, establishing herself as a leading force in contemporary jazz, orchestral, and large-ensemble music.
“…a classy large ensemble that keeps the listener guessing and enchanted…something is always lurking and ready to pounce; then skitter away again.” – Jazz Times