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Miki Minoru (三木稔, 1930- ) 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. After only Takemitsu Tōru (武満徹, 1930-1996), Miki is also probably the second best known Japanese composer overseas.

Biography:

Compositional Idiom:

Major Works by Type:

Vocal

Stage

Major Operas (Operatic Cycle on Japanese History (オペラ日本史連作))

Shunkinshō (春琴抄)
Ada, An Actor's Revenge (あだ)
Jōruri (じょうるり)
Wakahime (ワカヒメ)
Shizuka to Yoshitsune (静と義経)
Sumidagawa/Kusabira (隅田川／くさびら)
Genji monogatari (源氏物語)
Aien (愛怨)

Other stage works

Choral with orchestra

Choral without orchestra

Solo with orchestra

Solo without orchestra

Instrumental

Film music

Orchestral

Orchestral with soloist(s)

Chamber

Solo

Bibliography:
三木稔、「日本楽器法」、東京：音楽之友社、1996年。
三木稔、「オペラ《源氏物語》ができるまで」、東京：中央アート出版社、2001年。

Web resources: Miki's homepage:

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