Yuki Hirano was born in 2004 and grew up in Sapporo, the capital or Japan's Northern lsland. She started playing the violin at the age of 5 and studied under Ms. Yukari Fukushima. In 2017 she came to the national stage by winning the first prize at the All Japan Student Music Competition and receiving the Suntory Foundation for the Arts Award (loan of AngeloToppani 1740). In 2020 she won the second prize in the Music Competition of Japan, Japan's most prestigious national competition.

In 2024 she was awarded second prize at the Ysaÿe International Music Competition.

At the age of 19, Yuki won the first prize at the Vienna Classic Violin Competition.

Yuki won the 7th International Jascha Heifetz Competition. Beside the 1st Prize, she was also awarded the prize for the best interpretation of a Jascha Heifetz arrangement, along with numerous concert engagements for the 2025/2026 season.

She has been performing as a soloist since her debut with the Tokyo University of the Arts Philharmonia in 2016. In 2019, 2021, and 2022; she was invited to appear as a rising star at the Miyazaki International Music Festival.

Her performance with the Tokyo City Philharmonia in 2020 was aired on Japanese Public Television. In 2021, she was selected by jury members to perform a solo recital at the Internationaler Joseph Joachim Violinwettbewerb, Hannover.

She benefits from scholarships from the Munetsugu Angel Fund/Japan Federation of Musicians and the Meiji Yasuda Quality of Life Culture Foundation. Yuki has studied at Toho Gakuen School of Music with Prof. Tsugio Tokunaga. Since the fall of 2023, she has studied with Prof. Pavel Vernikov at the Musik and Arts University of the City of Vienna.