Miyamoto started his oboe lesson at Toho Gakuen High School with
Seizo Suzuki, and began his worldwide career at the age of 18, when he moved to Germany to study with
Helmut Winschermann. He played in the municipal symphony orchestra in
Essen, the
Frankfurt Radio Symphony, and then
WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne; he was the first
Japanese oboist to hold first chair in Europe. He continued to live there until the year 2000, in which he returned to Japan. He has released several albums, not only in classical but also in pop fields like jazz, film music. Miyamoto is a professor of the
Tokyo College of Music. He has announced his retirement as a professional oboist and performed his last concert at the end of March 2007 and now active as a conductor. His second daughter is also a well-known violinist,
Emiri Miyamoto. ==References==