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ALBUMToshio Hosokawa: Light and Darkness. Works for SaxophoneMasanori Oishi, Mayumi Miyata, Ilse Eerens, Naoko Yoshino, Saori Oya & Tomoko Kasai
Albums by Mayumi Miyata
ALBUMToshio Hosokawa: Light and Darkness. Works for SaxophoneMasanori Oishi, Mayumi Miyata, Ilse Eerens, Naoko Yoshino, Saori Oya & Tomoko Kasai
ALBUMToshio Hosokawa: LandscapesMayumi Miyata, Munich Chamber Orchestra & Alexander Liebreich
ALBUMToshio Hosokawa: Deep Silence / GagakuMayumi Miyata & Stefan Hussong
ALBUMCage Edition, Vol. 26: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3Mayumi Miyata & WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
ALBUMHelmut Lachenmann: Das Mädchen mit den SchwefelhölzernElizabeth Keusch, Sarah Leonard, Salomé Kammer, Mélanie Fouché, Mayumi Miyata, Yukiko Sugawara, Tomoko Hemmi, Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Staatsopernchor Stuttgart & Lothar Zagrosek
Artist Biography
Mayumi Miyata entered college to study piano, but soon took up the study of Japanese court music and instruments, eventually becoming known world-wide in the 1980s as a gifted sho soloist. Many composers such as John Cage, Toru Takemitsu, Toshio Hosokawa, and Helmut Lachenmann have written pieces specifically suited to her talent and instrument.
Hometown
Tokyo, Japan
Genre
Classical