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• MIya

  Flute player, Improviser, Composer, Tokyo based musician, Miya performs widely from Asia to Europe. She was involved in starting up the Tokyo Improvisers Orchestra in 2011. She has lead conduction and improvisation workshops throughout Japan. As a Jazz musician she collaborates with top players in Japan's music scene including Yosuke YAMASHITA and Akira SAKATA. Her latest album is [Miya/Benedict with 7 Maestros live in Pit inn]., a conduction album inviting Benedict Taylor from UK, collaborating with 7 of Japan's top improvisers. In 2018 she started studying with Yukihiro ISSO (Noh Flute) and has been working on traditional Kagura music that has vanished in the years. From 2019 she has been using effects on flute and has collaborated with top noise / improv musicians such as doravideo and Tadahiko YOKOGAWA. Her work extends to collaboration with other forms of art, including dance, calligraphy, poetry, photo, fashion and so on. In 2019 she performed in Setouchi Triennale amongst leading modular artists with flute and effects and is opening up new possibilities of flute expressions.

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