Haruna Miyake
Haruna Miyake is active in the contemporary music scene as
a composer and pianist. A graduate of New York's Juilliard School of Music,
Ms. Miyake received the E. Benjamin Award for her "Poem for String Orchestra"
and made her debut at the New York Composers' Forum with her works. "Six Voices
in June" was commissioned for the opening concert series of Alice Tully Hall
at Lincoln Center. Her works are scored for ensemble, orchestra, voice, and
Japanese traditional instruments. As a pianist, she performs classical, contemporary
and improvisational music, and has performed with many performers including
Frederic Rzewski, John Zorn, Wayne Shorter, Richard Stoltzman, Sergei Kuryokhin,
butoh dancer Kazuo Ohno, and Noh player Hideo Kanze. She has been invited
to participate in the festivals Lockenhaus, Heidelberg, Seoul and many other
international events. Works include: Snow Voice (Tokyo Summer Festival commission)
From Devastation (Japan National Theater commission), Play Time - for wind
orchestra The Technical Age - for two pianos CD : "Air Music" (Kojima recording/ALM),
"Leandre & Miyake / Short Takes"(Egg Farm Label) etc.