Born in Tokushima on 16 March 1930, died on 8 December 2011; Minoru Miki was a composer. He studied at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music with Tomojiro Ikenouchi and Akio Yashiro. In 1964 he founded the ensemble Pro Musica Nipponia, which brought Japanese instruments into contemporary composition; he wrote numerous works for koto, shakuhachi and shamisen and worked closely with the koto player Keiko Nosaka. Operas, orchestral works and percussion music were also written, among them the much played Marimba Spiritual of 1983. In the Cybele catalogue his music is heard on Rolf Hildebrand: Marimba (1995).
Minoru Miki
Composer
