Miwa Baba is a 5th grader in Palo Alto, California. She began studying piano at the age of five. She currently studies under Steinway artists Dr. Natsuki Fukasawa and Prof. Richard Cionco. She has won various prizes in several piano competitions, including first place in the CAPMT Contemporary Music Competition District Ⅱ, Elite International Music Competition and Little Mozarts Competition. She also has won second place in the San Francisco Chopin Competition for Young Pianists, the CAPMT Concerto California North Competition and the CAPMT Contemporary Music Competition at the State Finals, fourth place in the United States Open Music Competition Showcase Solo and Open Solo, Honorable Mention in the MTAC Concerto Competition. She has performed twice at Carnegie Hall at age ten as a first prize winner, also has performed at the Junior Bach Festival. Besides piano, Miwa enjoys ballet, reading English and Japanese books, and playing with her two cats.
