New York–born Manami Mizumoto started her lifelong relationship with music at age three on the violin. Early exposure to chamber music sparked in her a devoted love of collaboration. This led to a dual fascination with working with living composers and bringing back to life lesser-known works of the past. In recent years, this has manifested in being a founding member of the group Nuova Pratica, a collective of composer-performers working with centuries-old practices of improvisation in the modern day. Manami is also a founding member of Harmonia Stellarum Houston, which focuses on presenting newly discovered vocal-instrumental works of 17th and 18th centuries in scholarly informed performances. In addition, she is passionate about exploring different approaches to music making in history and how that can transform the way modern audiences relate to music of the past. Her driving curiosity is in exploring the dialogue between ancient and contemporary thoughts, and she is equally at home on the baroque violin, modern violin, and electro-acoustic setups with Ableton Live.  

Manami is a graduate of the Juilliard School where she earned her Bachelor degree with Catherine Cho and Joel Smirnoff and a Masters in Historical Performance. She graduated with the Norman Benzaquen Career Advancement Grant. In 2022, Manami was selected a member of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, and plays as concertmaster with them as well as many groups across the US.