Profile
Mikiko with her composition teacher Hummie Mann, a two-time Emmy winner/film composer, in his studio in Seattle
As a composer/producer, Mikiko has signed with leading music licensing companies in the U.S., such as Scorekeepers Music , Crucial Music and Atrium Music.
Her solo piano album "Elegy In Violet" will be released from Centaur Records on September 20th, through world-wide distribution of Naxos of America.
In Japan, Mikiko was arranger and keyboardist to a new wave band S-KEN (Japanese Wikipedia). As a member of this band, she recorded an album "Gang Busters" for a major record company King Records, known for its top artists such as world-famous AKB48.
The producer of this album Haruomi Hosono is a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra, which has world-wide hits.
Wikipedia-Yellow Magic Orchestra
Mikiko's
photo/credits (as her maiden name Mikiko Kodama) with well-known top artists including Haruomi Hosono, Mute Beat, and Kazutoki Umezu on the
brochure of her group's album "Gang Busters"
King Records' catalog also includes: jazz ( Paddle Wheel label) with stars such as Kenny Burrel and Art Brakey, classical with Akira Ifukube (Godzilla's music) and Glenn Gould, and game division with Neon Genesis Evangelion.
In addition, Mikiko was a concert producer to artists visiting Japan from U. S., such as Rita Coolidge, The Lettermen, The Mamas & Papas and The Diamonds, as well as to Japanese top music artists.
A picture photo from Rita Coolidge, with her hearty message to Mikiko.
Since 2010, Mikiko belongs to a classical music agency Oikawa Ongakujimusho in Tokyo as a composer/pianist.
Mikiko performs at famous venues such as Tokyo Opera City Recital Hall and Bunkyo Civic Hall, whose performers are the celebrities from all over the world.
Japanese Wikipedia-Tokyo Operacity Recital Hall
Japanese Wikipedia-Bunkyo Civic Hall
Tokyo Opera CIty Concert/Recital Hall
Photo with her audience at Bunkyo Civic Hall after her joint concert
Mikiko is also an author and novelist
