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Works [ edit ]. Other operas [ edit ]. Ballet [ edit ]. Orchestral [ edit ]. Concertante [ edit ]. Chamber music [ edit ]. Solo [ edit ]. Film music [ edit ]. Vocal [ edit ]. Written [ edit ]. References [ edit ]. The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. This recurring theme was often performed on stage and incorporated the traditional instruments of these neighboring countries.

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Minoru Miki was a Japanese composer and artistic director, particularly known for his promotional activities in favor of Japanese traditional instruments and some of their performers. His vast catalogue, where aforementioned traditional instruments figure profusely either solo or in various types of ensemble with or without Western instruments, demonstrates large stylistic and formal diversity.

It includes operas and several types of stage music as well as orchestral, concerto, chamber and solo music, and music for films.

Minoru miki biography template

He was a pioneer in the composition of contemporary classical music for large ensembles of traditional Japanese musical instruments. We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe. If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.

Since Miki is pushing forward high quality projects with Yang Jing , a gifted pipa soloist who is learning composition from him since when they co-operated on his Pipa Concerto. Then he founded Asia Ensemble in organized by the most excellent soloists of each Asian traditional instruments. Each year he will invite excellent Western soloists and an ensemble as well as Asia Ensemble and Aura-J, Yui Ensemble to try new co-operations.

Miki's international repertory includes other compositions for orchestra, like Symphony from Life, Marimba Concerto, Beijing Requiem, Z Concerto, Mai , a full-length ballet music From the Land of light , as well as chamber works such as String Quartet, Piano Trio, Autumn Fantasy , East ark , Miki is one of the most famous composer in the international percussion society by his marimba-percussion works like Time for Marimba, Marimba Spiritual and concerto pieces.