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（COMPOSER）

Akira Misyoshi


Akira Miyoshi


COMPOSER


Born in Tokyo in 1933, from the age of three Akira Miyoshi took piano
and composition lessons as well as pre-school music classses at Jiyugakuen,
a kindergarden, which especially was focussing on children’s creative
abilities. After entering the primary school, he started studying violin
with Kozaburo Hirai.
In 1951 he entered the Department for French Literature of the University
of Tokyo. While still continuing his studies, he was awarded the 1st Prize
of the 22nd Japan Music Competition for “Sonata” in 1953 and the 3rd Otaka
Prize as well as the Bunkacho’s Art Festival Incentive Prize for “Concert
for Piano and Orchestra” in 1954. Since that time his compositions attracted
a lot of attention within the Japanese music scene.
He went to France in 1955 to study composition at the Conservatoire Nationale
Superieur　de Musique in Paris with Henri Challan, Raymond Gallois Montblanc
and also became to be strongly influenced by the works of Henri Dutillieux.
After having returned to Japan in 1957, he continued his studies at the
University of Tokyo within different disciplines and graduated in 1960.
From that time, he kept publishing numerous pieces every year, mainly
symphonic works, chamber music, songs and many choral works. From 1995
to 1998 he brought out several orchestral works as “Dispresion de l’Ete”,
“Etoile a　Echos”, ”Fruits de Brume”,　and “Chansonterminade: Effeuillages
des Vague”. With “Chansonterminale: Effeuillages des Vague” he was awarded
the Otaka Prize for the 6th time.
In March 1999 he was presenting his first opera “Hasekura Tsunenaga Ho>”, which became to be a great success and led him to the 31st Suntory
Music Award.
From 1974 to 1995 he was the president of Toho Gakuen University, in December
1999 he became a member of the Japan Academy of Arts and in November 2001
he was honoured with the Cultural Merits Award.

Major Awards



  • 1954 Mainichi Music Award - Special Award ”Sonata for Violin and Piano”
  • 1954 3rd Otaka Prize for ”Concerto for Piano and Orchestra”
  • 1958 Mainichi Music Award for “Piano Sonata”
  • 1959 Italia Award for Radio Drama ”Ondine”
  • 1964 13th Otaka Prize for “Suite for Orchestra”
  • 1965 Mainichi Arts Prize for ”Violin Concerto”
  • 1974 23rd Otaka Prize for “Cello Concerto”
  • 1984 33rd Otaka Prize for “Kyomon” for Children’s Choir and Orchestra
  • 984 Scholarship by French Ministry of Cultural Affairs
  • 2000 31st (1999） Suntory Music Award for the Opera “Hasekura Tsunenaga”
  • Further on Bunkacho Arts Festival Award, NHK Composition Prize et al.


Major Works



Orchestra


  • “Symphonic Metamorphose” (Kokyotekihenyo) (1958)
  • “Trois Mouvements Symphoniques” (Kokyo Sansho) (1960)
  • “Duet” (1964)
  • “Henyojojotanshi” (1969)
  • “Requiem for Mixed Chorus and Orchestra” (1971)
  • “Leos” (1976)
  • “Psalms” for Mixed Chorus and Orchestra”（1979）
  • “Kyomon” for Orchestra and Children’s Choir (1984)
  • “Dispresion de l’Ete” (Natsu no Sanran) (1995)
  • “Etoile a　Echos” (Kodamatsuri Hoshi) (1996)
  • “Chansonterminale: Effeuillages des Vague” (Enka・Namitsumi) (1998)

Chamber Music


  • “String Quartet No. 1” (1962)
  • “String Quartet No. 2” (1967)
  • “Torse IV” for Japanese Instruments and String Quartet (1971)
  • “Hommage for Piano” (1970-75)
  • “Litania” (1975)
  • “String Quartet No.3 - Constellation Noire” (Kuro no Seiza) (1992)

Choral Music


  • Totsugu Musume ni”(1962)
  • “Kodomo no Kisetsu”(1965)
  • “Five Pictures for children” (1968)
  • “Odeko no Koitsu” (1971)

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