Minoru Miura

Minoru Miura was born in Tokyo, Japan. He studied at the Toho Gakuen School of music in Tokyo, Juilliard School in New York City, Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary, University of Washington in Seattle and the School of Music, Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas U.S.A.

Mr. Miura received international prizes including the Silver Medal from Finale Ligure International Competition, (1989), Diploma Award from the Viotti International Competition (1989) in Italy, and was a prizewinner of the Northwest Young Artist Competition (1992) in Seattle, U.S.A.

Mr. Miura continues to concretize including very successful recitals in the Tokyo Opera City Hall, one of the most respected venues in Tokyo. He also made major public performances in the Kisterem Hall in Budapest, Ed Landreth Hall, Walsh Performing Center in Texas, U.S.A., and Steinway Hall in Tokyo.

Mr. Miura was an assistant professor of piano at the Shobi University Tokyo in 2000-2007. Also, he regularly judges the PTNA (Piano Teachers National Association in Japan) Piano Competition since 2006, and was a member of the International Jury for The 2007 World Piano Competition, in Cincinnati, OH. U.S.A. He was a jury of the Aloha International Piano Competition in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 2017. He was also a member and competition jury of the MTNA (Music Teachers National Association) in U.S.A. He is now a faculty of Bentley Music Academy in Malaysia, since 2017. He is one of the jury for the final round of the UCSI University International Piano Festival & Competition 2022.

His performances have released as digital albums by PTNA Recordings, which is on streaming in over 40 countries in the world.