Miho Hazama - Frames (2026)

Frames is the new album and Miho Hazama’s fourth release on Edition, reinforcing her standing as a composer and conductor of international recognition. Based in New York, Hazama has built a career defined by detailed large-ensemble writing, long-range musical thinking, and vividly articulated orchestration. Her work spans through Japan, Europe and the US, with projects for the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, the Danish Radio Big Band, and Metropole Orkest. With her BBC Proms debut confirmed for 2025, her compositional voice continues to expand in scale and authority, qualities clearly evident throughout Frames. The album returns her to close collaboration with the Danish Radio Big Band, echoing the creative relationship first established on her Edition debut Imaginary Visions (2021).

On Frames, Hazama engages directly with the band’s history, drawing inspiration from the musical directors who have shaped its identity over decades - Ib Glindemann, Ray Pitts, Palle Mikkelborg, Thad Jones, Ole Kock Hansen, Bob Brookmeyer, and Jim McNeely, whose recent passing adds quiet weight to the project. It’s their influences that Hazama uses to frame her own compositions. The result is a body of work grounded in legacy yet unmistakably Hazama’s own: composed with clarity, confidence, and an internationally grounded perspective.

Miho Hazama
Composer, Conductor

Danish Radio Big Band:

Woodwinds
Peter Fuglsang
Nicolai Schultz
Hans Ulrik
Karl-Martin Almqvist
Frederick Menzies

Trumpets
Dave Vreuls
Ari Bragi Karason
Thomas Kjærgaard
Mads la Cour
Gidon Nunes Vaz

Trombone, Bass Trombone, Tuba
Peter Dahlgren
Petter Hängsel
Annette Saxe
Gustaf Wiklund
Jakob Munk Mortensen

Per Gade / Guitar
Artur Tuznik / Piano
Kaspar Vadsholt / Upright bass
Søren Frost / Drums