NHK FM will broadcast "Best of Classics: 100th Anniversary of Piazzolla's Birth: Kazuma Miura Quintet" from 7:30 PM on August 2, 2021.
2022/12/21 Kazuma Miura Quintet releases the album "Piazzolla Standards & Beyond"
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Born in 1990. Started playing the bandoneon at the age of 10.In 2006, he met world-renowned bandoneon authority Nestor Marconi at the Beppu Argerich Music Festival, and later traveled to Argentina with the proceeds from the sales of his own CDs to study with Marconi and up to present. In October 2008, he became the first Japanese and youngest ever runner-up at the 33rd International Piazzola Competition held in Castelfidardo, Italy.
In May 2011, he appeared at the Beppu Argerich Music Festival, where he performed with world-famous musicians such as Martha Argerich and Yuri Bashmet to much publicity and acclaim.Also, he received the Idemitsu Music Award in 2014.
His ambitious efforts to break free from conventional concepts, including arrangements and performances of works ranging from Bach to Gershwin, and his sincere and energetic pursuit of the possibilities of the bandoneon were featured on NHK's TV show "Top Runner" in September 2010, and the program was rebroadcast again.He has also made numerous television and radio appearances.
In 2007, he made his orchestral debut with the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Michiyoshi Inoue in the Japan premiere of “Tangos Concertantes" composed by Marconi. Since then, he has performed with the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Eiji Oue, the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Alondra de la Parra, the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Norichika Iimori, the Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sachio Fujioka, the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ken Takaseki, the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michiyoshi Inoue, and the Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa.
Folowing the release of CD “Tango Suite”, he released his second album “The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires”, which was selected as a special CD by “Record Geijutsu” magazine.
In 2012, he released “Carmela Tangos” and performed with Mr.Marconi in Tokyo, Hyogo, and Nagoya as part of a release commemorative tour, where they thrilled audiences with their exiting performances. In April 2015, he released the CD “Kazuma Miura Plays Gershwin”.
In 2016, he celebrated the 10th anniversary of his debut and gave a successful performance at Kuki Sogo Bunka Kaikan in March, where he made his debut. In June, he made a concert tour in Japan again with his former teacher Nestor Marconi, and in July, he was selected as the soloist for Bacharov's “Missa Tango” at the 500th subscription concert of the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra.
In 2017, he performed “Carmela Tangos” by Marconi with the Dogma Chamber Orchestra in Germany. He has also formed a new chamber orchestra, the “Tokyo Grand Soloists,” which he leads, further expanding the scope of his activities.
In 2021, in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of Piazzola's birth, the Tokyo Grand Soloists release the first recording, “Buenos Aires Midnight,” and at the same time, had a nationwide tour commemoration of the Piazzola year. In 2022, the Kazuma Miura Quintet released the CD album “Piazzola Standard & Beyond” from NipponColumbia, a fitting end to the Piazzola's year.
He is also attracting attention from various fields as a young and talented bandoneon player, and he was in charge of the music performance for the NHK historical drama “Seiten wo tsuke”. He uses the famous Alfred Arnold instrument.






