Praised as a “superb interpreter” (Fanfare) and for her “virtuosity… and sparkling
sound” (Times Argus), pianist Mika Sasaki enjoys a versatile career as a soloist, chamber
musician, and educator. She has performed across the U.S. and in the U.K., Italy, Japan,
and Switzerland, appearing in notable venues such as the Library of Congress, the
Metropolitan Museum, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Tokyo Bunka Kaikan. Her
performances have been broadcasted on WQXR, WFMT, WCRB, KQAC, and Radio
Sweden. She has appeared as concerto soloist with the Sinfonia of Cambridge, New
Jersey Symphony Orchestra, 92Y Orchestra, and more recently, with the InterSchool
Symphony Orchestra of New York, performing Amy Beach’s Piano Concerto.
Mika is the pianist of the powerhouse sextet Ensemble Mélange (formerly SHUFFLE)
and a newly appointed core member of Decoda, the affiliate ensemble of Carnegie Hall.
As a guest artist, she has performed with the Manhattan Chamber Players, Orpheus
Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble Connect (alum), Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston,
and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Passionate about community and

audience engagement, she has presented interactive performances at schools and
community venues all around New York City and across the country. Together with
violinist Becky Anderson, the Anderson-Sasaki Duo has been invited to Chattanooga,
TN, for a Community Engagement Residency at String Theory at the Hunter (2022), and
to Portland, OR, for an ongoing residency with Chamber Music Northwest (2022-25).
 
She is an alumna of summer programs such as the Tanglewood Music Center,
Music@Menlo, Accademia Chigiana, Yellow Barn, Aspen, Icicle Creek, Mannes
Beethoven Institute, and Taos School of Music, and has performed at festivals including
the Focus!, Weekend of Chamber Music, Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival,
Monadnock Music, Time:Spans, Shandelee, and the Rite of Summer Music Festival. She
has also taught and performed at pianoSonoma, Rushmore, Omaha Conservatory
SoundWaves, Taubman Piano Festival, WCYO Charles Ives Music Festival, Summer
Performing Arts with Juilliard (Geneva, Switzerland and Orlando, FL) and
Music@Menlo’s Chamber Music Institute.
 
Based in New York City, Mika is a faculty member at The Juilliard School, where she is
the Supervisor of Secondary Piano in the College Division and teaches keyboard skills,
piano, and chamber music in the College, Pre-College, and Extension Divisions. She is
an alumna of the Peabody Conservatory (B.M., M.M.), Ensemble Connect—a two-year
fellowship program of Carnegie Hall, Juilliard, and the Weill Institute, in partnership
with the NYC Department of Education—and The Juilliard School (D.M.A.), where she
studied with Joseph Kalichstein and received the Juilliard Career Advancement Grant
upon graduation. When not at the piano, she can be found tending to her houseplants,
cooking, or chasing after her cat.  mikasasaki.com