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Japanese composer and artistic director (1930–2011)

This article is about the composer.

For the cinematographer, see Minoru Miki (cinematographer).

Minoru Miki (Japanese: 三木 稔, 16 March 1930 – 8 December 2011) was a Japanese composer and Artistic director. He was known for promoting Japanese, Chinese and Korean traditional instruments as well as some of their performers.

Famous pieces “Concerto “ and “Marimba Spiritual” by Minoru Miki, “Mirage” by.

Famous pieces “Concerto “ and “Marimba Spiritual” by Minoru Miki, “Mirage” by.

To be honest, I was going to write about Minoru Miki, and how he composed new music for traditional Japanese instruments, and how he repurposed the European.

After she performed a concerto by Minoru Miki, her opinion on the Musser marimba began to change: One day, I played Minoru Miki's marimba.

As one of the first Western advocates for World Music, he used lectures, articles, and recordings to bring other musical cultures to myriad.

Like Philip Glass, Miki founded an ensemble to highlight his works, the Nihon Ongaku Shudan, also known as Ensemble Nipponia.

In his catalogue these traditional instruments figure solo or in various types of ensembles, with and without Western instruments. His catalogue demonstrates a large stylistic and formal diversity including operas and other kinds of stage music; orchestral, concerto, chamber and solo music, as well as music for films.

His work has found international recognition placing Miki in the company of other celebrated Japanese composers such as Tōru Takemitsu.^{[citation needed]}

Minoru was a pioneer in the composition of contemporary classical music for large ensembles of tradit