Amaze

In Japan, after-school club activities — not just wind bands — are moving from schools to local communities and clubs, changing where young people can keep playing. Wind band, rock band, choir — any kind of music will do. I want there to be a place to come back to, for students and for adults who drifted away from music. Where people gather, expression begins — and from there, conversation. I want to create those opportunities and spaces. Through arranging, performing, writing and technology — AI included — I've already begun, starting with what I can do now.

Right now I am turning my technical articles into an e-book. Beyond that, I am thinking about mobile apps of my own, releasing music and publishing scores, and videos to accompany the music. I want to use technology to enrich people's lives and put more smiles on their faces.

Kentaro Miki

Digital Art Communicator

Someone who looks beyond the work itself and passes what he finds on to the next person.

I bring more than 25 years as a programmer, and the language and communication skills I built over nine years living in the United States, to making, delivering and connecting. It starts with making sure people enjoy it.

Sibelius made me dream of Finland. Wanting to see the New York that Japanese singer-songwriter Motoharu Sano saw in 1983, I crossed the Pacific — and went on to build the world behind the game screen. I moved to the United States in 1992, studied in Seattle and New York, and graduated summa cum laude from CUNY Hunter College with a degree in computer science.