Akira Miyoshi

Akira Miyoshi (三善　晃) (born January 10, 1933, Suginami, Tokyo) is a Japanese composer.

Miyoshi was a child prodigy on piano, studying with Kozaburo Hirai and Tomojiro Ikenouchi. He studied French literature at the University of Tokyo, and then at the Paris Conservatory with Henri Challan and Raymond Gallois-Montbrun from 1955 to 1957. He was very influenced by Henri Dutilleux. He returned to Japan in 1957 and continued studying French, graduating in 1960. In 1965, he became a professor at the Toho Gakuen School of Music. Miyoshi is the recipient of the 31st Suntory Music Award (1999). He has won four Otaka prizes for his compositions.