Akira Miyoshi (三善 晃; January 10, 1933 – 4 October 2013) was a Japanese composer.
Miyoshi was born in Suginami, Tokyo. He was a child prodigy on the 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 received the 31st Suntory Music Award (1999). He won four Otaka prizes for his compositions.
1960 Trois mouvements symphoniques – (Kôkyô sanshô)1962 Concerto for piano and orchestra1964 Duel for soprano and orchestra1964 Concerto for Orchestra1965 Concerto for violin and orchestra1969 Concerto for marimba and string ensemble1969 Odes métamorphosées1970 Festival Overture1970 Requiem for mixed choir and orchestra1974 Concerto for cello and orchestra1978 Noesis1979 Psaume for mixed choir and orchestra1982 En-Soi Lointain1984 Kyômon for children's choir and orchestra1988 Litania pour Fuji1991 Création sonore1991 Etoiles à cordes1995 Dispersion de l'été1996 Étoile à échos for cello and orchestra1997 Fruits de brume1998 Chanson terminale: Effeuillage des Vagues1972 Sapporo Olympic Fanfare1987 Subliminal Festa – (Secret Rites)1990 Stars Atlanpic '961991 Cross-By March2000 Millennium Fanfare2002 West Wind (timpani concerto)1954 Violin Sonata1955 Sonata for flute, cello and piano1962 String Quartet No. 11967 String Quartet No. 21969 Huit poèmes for flute octet1973 Nocturne for flute, clarinet, marimba, double bass and percussion1975 Litania for double bass and percussion1979 Hommage for flute, violin and piano1980 Ixtacchihuatl for percussion ensemble1982 Rêve colorie for two clarinets1985 Message Sonore for flute, clarinet, marimba, double bass and percussion1987 C6H for cello1989 Ombre Scintillante for flute and harp1989 Perspective en Spirale for clarinet and piano1990 5 Esquisses for tuba and marimba1992 String Quartet No. 3: Constellation Noire1958 Piano Sonata1960 Suite In Such Time1973 Chaînes Prelude for piano1980 En vers for piano1981 A Diary of the Sea (28 pieces)1984 Phenomene sonore I for two pianos1985 Cahier sonore for four-hand piano1995 Phenomene sonore II for two pianos1998 Pour le piano – mouvement circulaire et croisé1974 Protase "de loin à rien" for two guitars1975 Epitase1985 5 Poèmes1989 Constellation Noire for guitar and string quartet1962 Conversation – Suite for marimba- Tender Talk
- So Nice It Was...Repeatedly
- Lingering Chagrin
- Again The Hazy Answer!
- A Lame Excuse
1965 Torse III for marimba- These
- Chant
- Commentaire
- Synthese
1977 Étude Concertante for 2 marimbas1987 Rin-sai for marimba solo and six percussion players1991 Ripple for marimba solo2001 Prelude Etudes for marimba1972 Torse IV for shakuhachi, 2 koto, 17-gen and string quartet1986 Ryusho Kyoku Suifu for shakuhachi, 2 koto und 17-gen1994 Gikyoku for Japanese instruments1962 En blanc for soprano and piano1962 Sei sanryoh hari for soprano and piano1991 Koeru Kage ni for soprano and piano1962 Three Lyrics(Mittsu no Jojoh) for women's choir and piano1962 To my married Daughter for mixed choir1966 Four Seasons for mixed choir1968 Five Pictures for Children for mixed choir and piano- The weathercock
- The trumpet-shell
- "Yajiro-be" – A balancing toy
- The sand-glass
- A top of acorn
1970 Ohson fuki(Ohson didn't come back) for men's choir and piano1971 Four Autumn Songs for women's choir and piano1972 Odeko no koitsu for children's choir and piano1973 5 Japanese Folksongs for mixed choir- Awa odori
- Sado Okesa
- Kiso bushi
- Soran bushi
- Itsuki no komoriuta
1973 Otewanmiso no uta for mixed choir1975 Hengetan'ei for mixed choir, shakuhachi, percussion instrument and 17-gen1976 Kitsune-no-uta(Song of Fox) for children's choir, speaker, and piano1978 Klee no ehon dai1shū(Klee's Picture book No.1) for mixed choir and guitar1979 Klee no ehon dai2shū(Klee's Picture book No.2) for men's choir1982 Norainu Doji for women's choir and piano1983 Ballades to the Earth for mixed choir1983 Poems of Animals for mixed choir and piano1984 Poems of Animals for women's choir and piano1984 Collection of songs "Died in the Country" for mixed choir and two pianos1985 Letters To God for children's choir and marimba1987 Umi(The Sea) for mixed choir and two pianos1991 Yamagara Diary for children's choir, sanukite and marimba1992 Asakura Sanka for speaker, mixed choir, Japanese flute and Taiko1996 Kamuy no kaze (Wind of Kamuy) for mixed choir and piano2007 The Day - August 6 for mixed choir and piano(very incomplete)
1959 "Ondine", opera1999 Faraway Sail, operaAnne of Green GablesBooks and writings
Akira Miyoshi: The Silent Beat of Japanese Music, in Japanese Essences (Japan as I see it – 3) Shichi Yamamoto, Kenichi Fukui et al., Tokyo. 1985.Yoko Narasaki: Toru Takemitsu to Akira Miyoshi no Sakkyoku Yoshiki (The Style of Composition of Toru Takemitsu and Akira Miyoshi). Tokyo: Ongaku no Tomosha, 1994. 
