Professor Mie Miki 御喜 美江 | |
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Background information | |
Born | 1956[1] Tokyo[1] |
Occupation(s) | Professor and Vice President at Folkwang University of the Arts, Germany |
Instrument | Accordion |
Years active | 1964-present |
Spouse | Georg Friedrich Schenck |
Mie Miki is a classical accordion musician. She took up the accordion at age 4[2] and has been dubbed "Queen of the Classical Accordion".[3][4] She is a professor of accordion as well as Vice President at Folkwang University of the Arts[5] and is honorary professor at the Xinjian Arts College.[6] She has published at least 16 albums since 1984 and her work appears on more than 26 albums.[7] She won the Japan Music Pen Club Award 2014[8] and the Opus Klassik prize in 2018.[9][10]