Dr. Yukino Miyake
Principal Accompanist
(904) 353-1636 ext. 7
As a collaborative pianist, she has performed with musicians from the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Paris National Opera, and many others. She also toured throughout the U.S. and abroad with the Colorado Children’s Chorale, performing in concerts and outreach programs that reached diverse audiences around the world. In the 2024–25 academic year, Dr. Miyake served as a collaborative pianist/vocal coach at the University of Central Oklahoma, where she was also Assistant Music Director for opera productions and taught piano and harpsichord. Together with her husband and percussionist Justin Doute, she commissions and performs music for piano and percussion in a duo titled JUKINO.
Born in Miyazu (Kyoto Prefecture), Japan, Yukino began studying piano at the age of five and received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Kyoto City University of Arts. She completed a performance certificate at the University of North Florida and a master’s degree in performance and pedagogy at the University of Houston. She holds a doctoral degree in piano performance from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Japanese pianist Yukino Miyake was the first-prize winner of the Los Angeles Liszt International Competition in 2016. As a winner of the Francis Walton Competition, she toured Washington State in 2019 and performed for 3,000 public school students within a week. She also received 2nd place at the All-Japan Artist Competition, 3rd place at the Novji International Music Competition, and was a finalist at the New York International Competition and the Texas Young Artist Competition. Her recording of Piano Sonata No. 1 by the American composer Gary Smart was released in 2021 by RMN Classical as one of the selected works for the Modern Music for Piano series, which is available on all major music streaming services. As a collaborative pianist, she has performed with musicians from the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Paris National Opera, and many others. She also toured throughout the U.S.