Profile

Motoya Miyauchi

Musician and musicologist of the traditional Japanese music

Born 16th march 1975
Nationality : Japanese

Research Interests

Theory of the traditional Japanese music, Education of Japanese music instruments, Music of Lanna (North Thailand)

Articles

  • « Les plus anciennes partitions pour flûte au Japon : Hakuga no fue-fu », Véronique Alexandre Journeau(ed.) Du signe à la performance, Paris, L’Harmattan, 2019, p.189-215.
  • “小泉文夫の民謡音階について―東北地方の三味線を題材に―(On Koizuni’s Minyō scale : Considering the folk Shamisen music in Tohoku region)”, Bulletin of Tokyo University of the Arts (Music Department), No.40, mars 2015, p.107-124.

Compositions

  • « To the Otogi world » septet, Op. 17 (2023)
  • « Love is my castle » trio for kotos and 17 string koto, Op. 16 (2023)
  • « Komachi in four seasons » quintet, Op.14 (2022)
  • « Taki-nagashi version Sakura » trio for shakuhachi, koto and 17 string koto, Op.15 (2023)
  • « Echigo Fantaisie » quintet, Op.13 (2021)
  • Nayuma, for Shakuhachi, Koto and Shamisen (2012)
  • « Reimon no Kotobuki » trio for shakuhachi, koto and shamisen, Op. 11 (2010)
  • Fumi no Shirabe, quintet (2010)
  • « Flow » duo for 25 string kotos, Op. 9 (2009)
  • Mai Hime, for 21 string Koto solo (2007)
  • Azuma fantasy, for Shakuhachi, Koto and Shamisen (2008)
  • Uta Hime, for 21 string Koto solo (2008)
  • Wafū, for Shamisen solo (2006)

Grants

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research by JSPS, April 2015 – March 2018, Comparative study for the structures of the Kinsei-Hōgaku and Japanese folk music
  • Kawai Foundation, April 2016 – March 2017, On the temperament of the music of North Thailand : In regard to Chao Sunthorn na Chiang Mai

Additional information

  • A member of the jury for the 11th International Music Festival “Sharq Taronalari” (Samarkand, Uzbekistan / 25-30 August 2017)