Minoru miki biography definition

Miki, Minoru, Japanese composer; b. Tokushima, March 16, 1930. He studied with Ifukube and Ikenouchi at the National Univ. of Fine Arts and Music in Tokyo (1951–55).

He was a founder of the Nihon Ongaku Shüdan (Pro Musica Nipponia; 1964), an ensemble dedicated to performing new music for traditional Japanese instruments, and later served as its artistic director. He lectured at the Tokyo Coll.

of Music. Miki was founder-director of UTAYOMI-ZA (1986), a musical-opera theater.

Works

dramatic:Opera:Mendori Teishu (A Henpecked Husband), chamber opera (1963); Shunkin-shō (Tokyo, 1975); An Actor’s Revenge (London, 1979); Toge no muko ni naniga aruka, choral opera (1983); Utayomizaru, musical-opera (1983); Joruri (St.

Louis, 1985); At the Flower Garden, mini-opera (1985); Wakahime (1991); Orochi-den (1992); Shizuka and Yoshit-sume (1993); The Tale of the Genji (St.

Minoru miki biography definition

Louis, June 15, 2000). chamber musical:Yomigaeru (1992). Ballet:From the Land of