Folkwang

Prof. Mie Miki

| Accordion
_Vice-President for Artistic Excellence
_Faculty: 1

_Email: miki@folkwang-uni.de
_Fax: 0031-45-5322317

Vita

Hailed as a “Queen of the Classical Accordion”, Mie Miki, started playing the instrument at the age of 4. At the age of 8, she made her first radio broadcast for NHK in Tokyo. At the age of 16, she moved to Germany to study at the Trossingen Academy of Music in Germany.

After winning the 1st prize at the International Accordion Competition in Klingenthal (Jugend Ausland) Germany and the 1st prize at the International Accordion Competition in Annecy, France, Mie Miki soon started her active performing career in Europe. In the 80s, she was invited to introduce the classical accordion for the first time in the People’s Republic of China. In 1989, for the first time ever as an accordionist, she was awarded the Förderungspreis des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen for young artists in Germany.

As a soloist, Mie Miki has appeared with numerous renowned orchestras including the Suisse Romande Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra, and Belgian National Orchestra, under such conductors as Seiji Ozawa, Hiroyuki Iwaki, Yutaka Sado, Mario Venzago and Charles Dutoit. A concert series entitled “Mie Miki Accordion Works”, featuring numerous premiÃ¨res, takes place every year in Tokyo and more than 60 works have been dedicated to her by composers such as Hosokawa, Hölszky, Huber, Ichiyanagi, Ishii, Mochizuki and Takahashi. Her uniquely composed program with her wide range repertoire from Baroque to Contemporary attracts the audiences from different walks. More than 26 CDs have been released by major labels such as BIS, Philips, SONY, DENON, Vanguard Classics, Camerata Tokyo and King International.

In 1996, Mie Miki initially joined the Folkwang University of the Arts as a visiting professor, was appointed professor of accordion in 2003, and has held a teaching position since the summer semester of 2025. Since April 2013, she has been the Vice President for Artistic Excellence at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen and an honorary professor at the Xinjian Arts College in the People's Republic of China.

As an educator, Mie Miki has trained a number of prize winners of international competitions, as well as professors and lecturers from music universities worldwide

CD-Recordings:

"Poem Harmonica" | Mie Miki & Joe Sakimoto Camerata 28CM-674 Mie Miki spielt französische Barockmusik Vanguard Classics 99118
Mie Miki Scarlatti Sonatas Vanguard Classics 99193
ACCORDION COSMOS | Mie Miki | CBS/SONY 30DC 5187
MOZART in classic accordion | Mie Miki | CBS/SONY CSCR 8360
Mie Miki Accordion J.S.Bach | AEOLUS ACCD-S117
Mie Miki Accordion Scene | fontec FOCD2532
SONORITIES | Mie Miki | BIS-CD-1144
Into the Depth of Time | Mie Miki & Nobuko Imai | BIS-CD-929
t"W"ogether | Mie Miki & Stefan Hussong | DENON COCQ-83298
Isang Yun "Chamber Music" | Mie Miki & Nomos-Quartett | cpo 999 075-2
Toru Takemitsu "Requiem" | Mie Miki, Saito Kinen Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa | PHILIPS PHCP-11035 PHCP-1493
Mie Miki Akkordeonmusik des 20.Jahrhunderts | Aachener Rückversicherungsgesellschaft AG KM019
Mie Miki spielt D. Scarlatti | Milky Music | Zugunsten von Amnesty International
Japanese Orchestra Works | fontec FOCD 3246
Offene Welt (Caroline Wilkins) | koch-schwann 3-5037-1
Forgetful Angel | Mie Miki & Joe Sakimoto | camerata 30CM-556
atmung...beatmungen | Akkordeon-Orchester Güdingen, E.Tschanun, Mie Miki (B.Molique:Konzert g-moll) | AK097.116
FIFTY YEARS HOLLAND FESTIVAL | Mauricio Kagel, Mie Miki | GLOBE GLO 6903
Contemporary Music from Japan (A. Nishimura) | fontec FOCD 254
Antiquities | Mie Miki & Nobuko Imai | BIS-CD-1229
Russian Folk Songs | Chikara Kishimoto: Bass, Mie Miki: Akkordeon | King International KDC 2
Like a Water Buffalo in 4 different styles | Suigyu SG007
Poem Harmonica | Mie Miki & Joe Sakimoto | Camerata 28CM674
Sofia Gubaidulina: Sieben Worte | Mie Miki, Torleif Thedeen, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Mario Venzago | BIS-SACD-1449
Grieg / Lyric Pieces: Mie Miki | BIS-CD-1629
[ S'il vous plait ] Virtuose und lyrische Miniaturen auf dem Akkordeon | BIS-CD-1804

> Prize winners and famous Alumni of the Folkwang Accordion Class of Prof. Mie Miki (a selection)