Year in Pics 2006    
       
 

Rehearsing with Amir Kats and the Albuquerque Youth Symphony during the Orchestra Residencies Program. January 15-21, 2006.
Photo by Mike Kruchoski.

Masterclass with Mary McSweeney of the Vermont Youth Orchestra during the Orchestra Residencies Program. January 26, 2006
   

Food shop stocked with local goods like maple syrup, jams, and cheddar cheese in Burlington, Vermont. January 28, 2006.


This summer, Midori gave a lecture and served as panelist for The Japan Music Expression Society in Okayama. June 17, 2006.
   

Midori with USC Thornton School of Music's Dean Robert Cutietta at the gala opening of Segerstrom Hall in Costa Mesa, CA. September 16, 2006.

Happy to find the snack table before the inaugural concert at Segerstrom Hall; Midori performed the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the Pacific Symphony. September 16, 2006.
   



Making a phone call amidst the paper piles in her USC office. October 2006.

Rehearsing with Bob at the Herkulessaal in Munich, Germany. November 17, 2006.
   

Greeting well-wishers after the world premiere performance of Einojuhani Rautavaara's Lost Landscapes in Munich. November 18, 2006.

Midori's new neighborhood of Santa Monica, California, where she moved in August after residing in Manhattan for 25 years. August 2006.
   

Pressing her concert gown before a performance with the San Francisco Symphony and Roberto Abbado. October 25, 2006.




Midori and Bob performing a Partners in Performance recital at the Washington County of Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown, MD.
November 5, 2006. Photo by Dale, Inc.
   

With audience members costumed as the Pope and Peter Pan after her Halloween concert with the San Francisco Symphony at Davies Hall.
October 29, 2006.

In her dressing room, warming up for her performance of the Britten Violin Concerto with the Orchestra of St. Luke's at Carnegie Hall on December 14.
   

Signing a birthday message for a young fan in Carnegie Hall's Rose Museum after the concert.

Midori and pianist Koji Oikawa perform at a school
for children with special needs in Japan for Music Sharing.
15 June 2006.
   

Recording Bach's Solo Violin Sonatas at the Zipper Auditorium at the Colburn School of Music in Los Angeles. 5 December 2006.

Midori and master recording engineer Steve Epstein in consultation over the Bach score.
5 December 2006.
   
 
         

Other honorees this year at the New Yorker for New York Awards Dinner, to be held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, include Robert DeNiro (New Yorker for New York Award), "Hank" Greenberg (Brooke Russell Astor Award for Philanthropy) and Arthur Ross (Marietta Tree Award for Public Service).