Miho Outekhin is a multifaceted artist whose career spans virtuoso piano playing, a deep commitment to chamber music and the promotion of contemporary music.

Her thorough musical training began at the renowned Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo, where she studied piano and composition. She then continued her studies in Germany: she graduated with honours from the University of Music Würzburg and completed the coveted master class diploma with Prof. András Hamary. She also received formative inspiration in master classes from luminaries such as Dmitri Bashkirov, Fabio Bidini and Cécile Ousset, as well as through her collaboration with the Ensemble Modern.

Miho Outekhin is in international demand as a soloist and chamber musician. She has performed with the Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa under the baton of Michiyoshi Inoue in Japan and interpreted Clara Schumann's piano concerto in Germany.

She has a particular focus on contemporary music: she has been invited to important festivals such as ‘Predihano’ and the ‘Jazz Festival Cerkno’ in Slovenia, where she presented exclusively contemporary repertoire. In the concert project ‘The Breath of Sounds’, she interpreted works by her composition teacher Keiko Harada and Uroš Rojko, whose ‘Bagatelles for Accordion and Piano’ she also recorded. Her engagements have been broadcast several times on radio, and Deutschlandfunk dedicated a portrait programme to her.

In addition to her concert career, Miho Outekhin is a sought-after lecturer and accompanist. She works as a teacher for special tasks in the subject of instrumental accompaniment at the University of Music Würzburg. There she is deputy spokesperson for the ‘Chamber Music/Accompaniment’ department and plays a key role in the PreCollege programme for promoting excellence.

As an experienced accompanist, she regularly works at international masterclasses, including those given by Prof. Nobuya Sugawa and Prof. Lutz Koppetsch, at the Ishikawa Music Academy and at Michiyoshi Inoue's conducting courses. Her broad repertoire covers the entire spectrum of music literature – from classical to complex modern works.