Shogo Mizumura is a classically-trained pianist and composer for film, video games, and concert scenes. His music blends lyrical melodies with nuanced and rich harmonies, rooted in his classical training and shaped by influences such as Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Scriabin, and Chopin. After exploring diverse genres including jazz at Berklee College of Music, he pursues his own musical style in his writing. His emotionally driven music supports and elevates visual storytelling.
As a composer, Shogo was named a finalist for the 2025 ARTZenter Emerging Composer Grant, where he composed a 12-minute chamber orchestral music, blending classical and jazz. He was also awarded the 2025 Ramin Djawadi Scholarship, one of the highest awards offered by the Screen Scoring Department at Berklee College of Music.
As a performer, Shogo was awarded the 2024 Emanuel Zambelli Classical Piano Scholarship and gave a 60-minute solo recital including works from Bach, Mozart, Chopin, and Scriabin at Berklee’s David Friend Recital Hall. In 2025, he appeared as soloist in Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall. He also performed Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Hanoi Symphony Orchestra, winning second place at the 4th Hanoi Piano Competition.
Shogo began playing piano at the age of five and joined the Yamaha Master Class Special Course at nine, where he studied intensively with prominent professors including the late Vera Gornostayeva and Dina Yoffe. The program also provided him with rigorous training in music theory and solfege, which laid the foundation for his development as a musician.
He spent five years as a choir accompanist, which trained him to play in an ensemble setting. He also wrote a brass band piece for his high school festival, which he conducted the band by himself in the recording session. After earning a degree in physics from the University of Tokyo, he turned fully to music and is currently studying film scoring at Berklee College of Music, where he will graduate in May 2026.
