Amon Miyamoto, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Amon Miyamoto

Japanese theatre director

Date of Birth: 04-Jan-1958

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Profession: impresario, theater director

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

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Amon Miyamoto (????, born January 4, 1958 in Tokyo) is a Japanese director of musicals, operas, plays, kabuki, noh and other art genres.
He has directed over 120 productions (incl.
revival productions) worldwide. Miyamoto made his directing debut with his original musical I Got Merman, winning the National Performing Arts Festival Award.
In 2004, he became the first Asian director on Broadway for his staging of the musical Pacific Overtures which received four Tony Award nominations.
He made his North American opera-directing debut in 2007 with Tan Dun's TEA: A Mirror of Soul (U.S.
premiere) at the Santa Fe Opera.
In Europe, he directed Mozart's The Magic Flute at Landestheater Linz in Austria in 2013.
He served as the inaugural Artistic Director of Kanagawa Arts Theater (KAAT) from 2010 to 2014.
He is a recipient of the Matsuyo Akimoto Award of the Asahi Performing Arts Awards.