- Akira Miyoshi
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Akira Miyoshi (三善 晃) (born January 10, 1933, Suginami, Tokyo) is a Japanese composer.
Miyoshi was a child prodigy on piano, studying with Kozaburo Hirai and Tomojiro Ikenouchi. He studied French literature at the University of Tokyo,[1] and then at the Paris Conservatory with Henri Challan and Raymond Gallois-Montbrun from 1955 to 1957. He was very influenced by Henri Dutilleux.[2] He returned to Japan in 1957 and continued studying French, graduating in 1960. In 1965, he became a professor at the Toho Gakuen School of Music. Miyoshi is the recipient of the 31st Suntory Music Award (1999). He has won four Otaka prizes for his compositions.[3]
Contents
Works
Orchestral
- 1960 Trois mouvements symphoniques – (Kôkyô sanshô)
- 1962 Concerto for piano and orchestra
- 1964 Duel for soprano and orchestra
- 1965 Concerto for violin and orchestra
- 1969 Concerto for marimba and string ensemble
- 1969 Odes métamorphosées
- 1970 Festival Overture
- 1970 Requiem for mixed choir and orchestra
- 1974 Concerto for cello and orchestra
- 1978 Noesis
- 1979 Psaume for mixed choir and orchestra
- 1982 En-Soi Lointain
- 1984 Kyômon for children's choir and orchestra
- 1988 Litania pour Fuji
- 1991 Création sonore
- 1991 Etoiles à cordes
- 1995 Dispersion de l'été
- 1996 Étoile à échos for cello and orchestra
- 1997 Fruits de brume
- 1998 Chanson terminale: Effeuillage des Vagues
Works for wind orchestra
- 1972 Sapporo Olympic Fanfare
- 1987 Subliminal Festa – (Secret Rites)
- 1990 Stars Atlanpic '96
- 1991 Cross-By March
- 2000 Millennium Fanfare
- 2002 West Wind (timpani concerto)
Chamber music
- 1954 Violin Sonata
- 1955 Sonata for flute, cello and piano
- 1962 String Quartet No. 1
- 1967 String Quartet No. 2
- 1969 Huit poèmes for flute octet
- 1973 Nocturne for flute, clarinet, marimba, double bass and percussion
- 1975 Litania for double bass and percussion
- 1979 Hommage for flute, violin and piano
- 1980 Ixtacchihuatl for percussion ensemble
- 1982 Rêve colorie for two clarinets
- 1985 Message Sonore for flute, clarinet, marimba, double bass and percussion
- 1987 C6H for cello
- 1989 Ombre Scintillante for flute and harp
- 1989 Perspective en Spirale for clarinet and piano
- 1990 5 Esquisses for tuba and marimba
- 1992 String Quartet No. 3: Constellation Noire
Music for piano
- 1958 Piano Sonata
- 1960 Suite In Such Time
- 1973 Chaînes Prelude for piano
- 1980 En vers for piano
- 1981 A Diary of the Sea (28 pieces)
- 1984 Phenomene sonore I for two pianos
- 1985 Cahier sonore for four-hand piano
- 1995 Phenomene sonore II for two pianos
- 1998 Pour le piano – mouvement circulaire et croisé
Music for guitar
- 1974 Protase "de loin à rien" for two guitars
- 1975 Epitase
- 1985 5 Poèmes
- 1989 Constellation Noire for guitar and string quartet
Music for Percussion
- 1962 Conversation – Suite for marimba
- Tender Talk
- So Nice It Was...Repeatedly
- Lingering Chagrin
- Again The Hazy Answer!
- A Lame Excuse
- 1968 Torse III for marimba
- These
- Chant
- Commentaire
- Synthese
- 1977 Étude Concertante for 2 marimbas
- 1987 Rin-sai for marimba solo and six percussion players
- 1991 Ripple for marimba solo
- 2001 Prelude Etudes for marimba
Music for traditional Japanese instruments
- 1972 Torse IV for shakuhachi, 2 koto, 17-gen and string quartet
- 1986 Ryusho Kyoku Suifu for shakuhachi, 2 koto und 17-gen
- 1994 Gikyoku for Japanese instruments
Songs
- 1962 En blanc for soprano and piano
- 1962 Sei sanryoh hari for soprano and piano
- 1991 Koeru Kage ni for soprano and piano
Choral music
- 1962 Three Lyrics(Mittsu no Jojoh) for women's choir and piano
- 1962 To my married Daughter for mixed choir
- 1966 Four Seasons for mixed choir
- 1968 Five Pictures for Children for mixed choir and piano
- The weathercock
- The trumpet-shell
- "Yajiro-be" – A balancing toy
- The sand-glass
- A top of acorn
- 1970 Ohson fuki(Ohson didn't come back) for men's choir and piano
- 1971 Four Autumn Songs for women's choir and piano
- 1972 Odeko no koitsu for children's choir and piano
- 1973 5 Japanese Folksongs for mixed choir
- Awa odori
- Sado Okesa
- Kiso bushi
- Soran bushi
- Itsuki no komoriuta
- 1973 Otewanmiso no uta for mixed choir
- 1975 Hengetan'ei for mixed choir, shakuhachi, percussion instrument and 17-gen
- 1976 Kitsune-no-uta(Song of Fox) for children's choir, speaker, and piano
- 1978 Klee no ehon dai1shū(Klee's Picture book No.1) for mixed choir and guitar
- 1979 Klee no ehon dai2shū(Klee's Picture book No.2) for men's choir
- 1982 Norainu Doji for women's choir and piano
- 1983 Ballades to the Earth for mixed choir
- 1983 Poems of Animals for mixed choir and piano
- 1984 Poems of Animals for women's choir and piano
- 1984 Collection of songs "Died in the Country" for mixed choir and two pianos
- 1985 Letters To God for children's choir and marimba
- 1987 Umi(The Sea) for mixed choir and two pianos
- 1991 Yamagara Diary for children's choir, sanukite and marimba
- 1992 Asakura Sanka for speaker, mixed choir, Japanese flute and Taiko
- 1996 Kamuy no kaze (Wind of Kamuy) for mixed choir and piano
- 2007 The Day - August 6 for mixed choir and piano
Stage works
(very incomplete)
- 1959 "Ondine", opera
- 1999 Faraway Sail, opera
Anime music
Books and writings
- Akira Miyoshi: The Silent Beat of Japanese Music, in Japanese Essences (Japan as I see it – 3) Shichi Yamamoto, Kenichi Fukui et al., Tokyo. 1985.
- Yoko Narasaki: Toru Takemitsu to Akira Miyoshi no Sakkyoku Yoshiki (The Style of Composition of Toru Takemitsu and Akira Miyoshi). Tokyo: Ongaku no Tomosha, 1994.
External links
Sources
Oxford Music on Line, Yoko Narazaki, Miyoshi,Akira.
Notes
Categories:- Japanese composers of classical music
- 20th-century classical composers
- Composers for the classical guitar
- 1933 births
- Living people
- Academics of the Toho Gakuen School of Music
- Alumni of the Conservatoire de Paris
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