Meiko Miyazaki

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• Mieko Miyazaki (Koto)

• country:
  Japan
• style(s):
  Fusion Traditional
• label:
  Daqui
• type:
  Band, Solist
• gender:
  female
• instrumentation:
  instrumental, vocal
• artist submitted by:
  mu:arts

Mieko Miyazaki
Koto performer


Mieko Miyazaki started playing the koto at the age of 9, and studied koto and shamisen at the prestigious Tokyo National University of fine Arts and Music. While studying, she passed the competitive NHK-FM Japanese music audition for the shamisen, receiving top mark from judges, also she had the honour of performing at the Imperial Palace for the Emperor and Empress of Japan.

After leaving school, Mieko started to perform as a one of the most talented koto performers playing various styles of koto music and touring extensively in Iceland, Norway, italy, France, Belgium, Singapore, China, and Taiwan.

Also as a talented composer and lyricist, she was commissioned to write music for television, including popular animation programs, and TV commercials. Some of them gained national popularity.

In 2004 she formed a duo unit "East Current", with one of the most popular shakuhachi player Dozan Fujiwara. East Current gained immediate fame, and they toured many cities in the USA.

Mieko moved to France in 2005, since then she has explored the potential of koto music, collaborating with top class international artists from various fields .

Her current project includes new album " SAIYUKI"( October 2009), with internationally acclaimed guitarist Nguyen Le (Vietnam)and tablas player Prabhu Edouard (India) , new album with Corsican traditional male vocal group "Voce Ventu" , collaboration with award winning Vietnamese vocalist Huong Thanh , "Trio Miyazaki" http://www.triomiyazaki.com/
, and a Performance project " Songs" with the music of John Cage, featuring Koto, Voice and http://www.eclats.net/



Trio Miyazaki
The unusual alliance of three instruments : Bruno Maurice on accordion, Manuel Solans on violin, and Mieko Miyazaki on the koto, three profoundly different identities fuse. You will hear the winds of freedom blow, allowing multiple influences to fuse, jazz, tango, musette, contemporary effects. Completely new musical style where you can find something of your his roots and yet discover something new.