
Kana Miyamoto is a New York–based flutist and composer from Chiba, Japan. Known for her lyrical tone and distinctive improvisational voice, she won first prize in the National Flute Association Jazz Artist Competition.
In New York, Miyamoto has performed as a bandleader and collaborator at The Jazz Loft, Nomad Jazz Festival, The Jazz Gallery, and events at the Official Residence of the Consul General of Japan in New York. She has worked with artists and projects including Arta Jēkabosone, June McDoom, and Kolumbo. She is also active as a recording flutist in New York’s indie music scene, contributing to recordings by Sammy Weissberg, The Lemon Twigs, Kristine Leschper, and others.
Her newest project, In the Canyon, was recorded solo in Utah with flute and a portable recorder, incorporating wind, birds, insects, airplanes, and other sounds from the surrounding environment into the improvisation. Her earlier flute and kora project, In the Forest, created with Yasuhiro Sakairi, was recorded outdoors in Japan. Together, the two projects explore the relationship between improvisation, listening, and environment.
Miyamoto also created and curates Duo Connections, an intimate concert series centered on improvisation and musical dialogue. Supported by the Queens Arts Fund New Work Grant, the series has featured artists including Steve Cardenas, Leni Stern, Arta Jēkabosone, Kengchakaj, Mathis Kane, and Moto Fukushima.
As a composer and bandleader, Miyamoto formed Kanacept, a quartet exploring collective improvisation through independent melodic lines and contrapuntal interplay. Kanacept released Spring Doze, toured in Japan, and later released Dancer in the Galaxy.
Miyamoto is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy, Tokyo College of Music, and The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York.
Miyamoto is a recipient of the Agency for Cultural Affairs’ “Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists” grant and a winner of the NFA Jazz Masterclass Competition. She is a Myers Pickups Artist and is on the faculty at the New York Jazz Workshop.
千葉県出身。ニューヨークを拠点に活動するフルート奏者、
ニューヨークでは、ジャズ、クリエイティブミュージック、
最新作 In the Canyon は、
また、自身が企画・キュレーションするコンサートシリーズ Du
10代で文化庁「新進芸術家海外研修制度」
作曲家・バンドリーダーとしては、Kanaceptを結成。
Myers Pickups Artist。現在はNew York Jazz Workshopで講師を務め、後進の指導にもあたっている。










