Minoru Miki (三木 稔, Miki Minoru, born 16 March 1930 in Tokushima) is a Japanese composer and artistic director, particularly known for his promotional activities in favour of Japanese (as well as Chinese and Korean) 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...
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Minoru Miki (三木 稔, Miki Minoru, born 16 March 1930 in Tokushima) is a Japanese composer and artistic director, particularly known for his promotional activities in favour of Japanese (as well as Chinese and Korean) 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. Miki is probably the second best known Japanese composer overseas after Tōru Takemitsu.
He is a pioneer in the composition of contemporary classical music for large ensembles of traditional Japanese musical instruments. In 1964 he founded the Pro Musica Nipponia ensemble, for which he has composed extensively.
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