| Haruna Miyake三宅榛名 | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Shibata Haruna |
| Born | 1942 Tokyo |
| Occupation(s) | pianist, composer |
| Instrument | piano |
Haruna Miyake (三宅 榛名, Miyake Haruna, born 20 September 1942 in Tokyo) is a Japanese pianist and composer, who also uses the name Haruna Shibata. She was born in Tokyo and studied music there, making her debut as a pianist at age 14 playing Mozart with the Tokyo Symphony orchestra. She continued her studies at the Juilliard School of Music in New York City, and afterward worked as a pianist and composer, touring in the United States. She often collaborates with pianist and composer Yuji Takahashi. Her composition Poem for String Orchestra received the Edward Benjamin Award.
Works
Miyake combines Japanese and Western idiom, and often uses traditional Japanese instruments in her compositions. Selected works include:
- Why Not, My Baby? for soprano, piano and trumpet
- Shiyoku
- Piano Concerto
- Fantasy for Milky Way Railroad
- Phantom of a Flower
References
- Dees, Pamela Youngdahl (2004). A Guide to Piano Music by Women Composers: Women born after 1900.
- "Cristin Wildbolz". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
- Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. W.W. Norton. p. 328. ISBN 978-0-393-03487-5.
- 1942 births
- 20th-century Japanese classical composers
- 20th-century Japanese classical pianists
- 20th-century Japanese educators
- 20th-century Japanese women composers
- 20th-century women educators
- 20th-century women pianists
- 21st-century Japanese classical composers
- 21st-century Japanese classical pianists
- 21st-century Japanese educators
- 21st-century Japanese women composers
- 21st-century Japanese women pianists
- Concert band composers
- Japanese women classical composers
- Japanese music educators
- Japanese women music educators
- 21st-century Japanese women educators
- Living people
- Japanese women classical pianists