Violinist Miyabi Henriksen is currently a junior at Rice University Shepherd School of Music, where she is pursuing a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance under the tutelage of Paul Kantor.

 

Her solo performances include appearances with the Peabody Youth Orchestra, Londontowne Symphony, and Columbia Orchestra. Miyabi has performed at Carnegie Hall with the New York String Orchestra, served as concertmaster of the Peabody Youth Orchestra, and Assistant Concertmaster and Principal Second of the Shepherd School Orchestras.

 

She has collaborated with renowned musicians such as Midori Goto, the Takacs Quartet, Herbert Greenberg, and Richie Hawley.

 

Her summers feature fellowships at the Music Academy of the West (where she was selected for their String Quartet Seminar), Aspen Music Festival (where she was nominated for the Dorothy Delay Fellowship), and serving as a teaching assistant at the Meadowmount School of Music.