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21-Apr-2017
Mie Miki’s new JS Bach ‘Well Tempered Clavier’CD, Pennsylvania - USAby Rob Howard |
 Japanese accordion virtuoso Mie Miki has recorded twelve of the 48 pairs of preludes and fugues from JS Bach’s ‘Well Tempered Clavier’, a demanding work more usually performed by pianists and harpsichord players. Mie Miki performs the music from the original keyboard score without making any alterations to facilitate the transition to the accordion.This recording is issued by Arkiv Music, and will be released on May 6th, the day before World Accordion Day. Advance orders are being taken. Mie Miki was born in Tokyo in 1956. At the age of four she began to study the accordion, and she made her first radio broadcast for NHK in Tokyo at the age of eight. In 1981, 1985 and 1986 she was invited to introduce the instrument in China by means of concerts and master classes. In 1989 she was awarded the Förderungspreis des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen for young artists. More than 50 solo and chamber works have been composed at Mie Miki’s instigation, by composers such as Toshio Hosokawa, Adriana Hölszky, H.J.Hespos, Nicolaus A.Huber, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Maki Ishii and Yuji Takahashi. As a soloist, Mie Miki has appeared with orchestras such as the Suisse Romande Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Belgian National Orchestra. A concert series entitled ‘Mie Miki Accordion Works’, featuring numerous premières, takes place every year in Tokyo. Mie Miki is professor at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen, Germany. For further information email: service@arkivmusic.com |