Mieko Miyazaki
A Koto artist in Europe
Mieko MIYAZAKI's began her musical career aged nine, when she discovered the KOTO. Her studies with koto masters Tomizo Huruya and Sachiko Tamura, and subsequently at the << Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music>>, led to a highly prestigious invitation to perform for the Emperor and Empress of Japan at the Imperial Palace. She went on to win the highest awards at auditions organised by the NHK-FM national radio station. Her concerts in Asia (Japan, China, Singapore, Taiwan.), Europe (Italy, France, Norway, Belarus.) and the United States consolidated her reputation as a top-rank concert soloist. During the same period, she was chosen by the Japanese Foundation, along with the Japanese Foreign Office, to represent Japan at international cultural events. Many of her solo performances were broadcast throughout Asia (Singapore Asia Pacific Club Presentation, anniversary memorial concert in honour of the victims of the Kobe earthquake.).
Her repertoire of classical and traditional works is regularly enriched
by her
own compositions, commissioned by the NHK and FUJI TV channels, as well
as by
contemporary works which she is asked to première. One of these, "The
Current"
(Koto and Shakuhachi flute) was voted by the specialists of the Hogaku
Journal
as one of the 30 most beautiful compositions of all time for the Koto
(5 CD
compilation, released by Victor Japan Inc.). This release tops the list
of nine
albums already distributed in Japan, with some being released also in
the U.S.
Having lived in France since 2005, her musical language is enriched by
new
experiences : the foundation with Bruno Maurice and Manuel Solans of
the
Miyazaki Trio, contemporary music, improvisation.
