Mia Nardi-Huffman

Violinist Mia Nardi-Huffman has performed across North America and Europe, in venues that include Carnegie Hall, SF JAZZ Center, Herbst Theatre, The National Arts Club, Shoreline Amphitheatre, and Courmeyer, Italy. Mia is the first violinist of the Astraeus String Quartet and the resident violinist for the contemporary chamber music ensemble Ninth Planet. Mia regularly performs with other music ensembles on both coasts, including Opera San Jose, Ensemble for These Times, Opera Paralelle, Island City Opera, and the San Jose Chamber Orchestra.

In the realm of crossover music, Mia has performed with Evanescence and Lindsey Stirling on their national tour, Brad Mehldau and Joshua Redman at SFJAZZ, Gamelan X, and many more. Mia has also worked extensively as a studio musician, recording with artists such as The Singer and The Songwriter, Streetlight Manifesto, Marcus McCauley, and Portrait Maker.

Mia has been extremely fortunate to study with renowned violin pedagogues Shirley Givens, Bettina Mussumeli, Akiko Silver, and Yuval Waldman, as well as chamber music studies with Mark Sokol, Mack McCray, and Jennifer Culp. Mia earned both her BM (2014) and her MM (2016) from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where she was concertmaster of the Conservatory Orchestra and the recipient of the Sergei Barsukov Violin Scholarship.

A dedicated violin teacher, Mia maintains a private studio in New York City, and is a faculty member at The Chamber Music Institute’s summer program in Vermont. She previously was a Teaching Artist for the Oakland Symphony’s MUSE program, and has held artist residencies at CSU East Bay and Diablo Valley College, as well as the pre-college division of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. When not performing or teaching, she is often found taking care of her many houseplants, making bagels, and spending time with her cat Stella Bean.