Latest Albums
- Mélanie Fouché, Yukiko Sugawara, Mayumi Miyata, Lothar Zagrosek, Tomoko Hemmi, Salome Kammer, Sarah Leonard, Elizabeth Keusch, Staatsopernchor Stuttgart
Mayumi Miyata
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.