Midori's Autobiography, Einfach Midori (published in Germany 2004)

Bayern 4 Klassik,
A thrilling read ... with enough material for a lifetime.

Abendzeitung, 29 December 2004:
This exceptional artist tells her story with brutal honesty. Einfach Midori is much more than the success story of a child prodigy. ... Midori risks insights into her innermost feelings and describes the ups and downs of an artist's life with rare perspicuity.

Munchner Merkur, 8.December 2004:
Midori's confessional...a remarkably open, deeply moving story

Concierge Magazin
Midori's work is inspired by the idea that music can unite people.

Gala, Nr. 2, 5 January 2005
In this compelling book, the Japanese violinist describes the high price to be paid for success as a child prodigy. But she also tells of her difficult but eventually successful search for an identity of her own.

Fono Forum, February 2005
Midori risks the gaze into the mirror - 'warts and all' ... it hits its mark. ... "This book should be obligatory reading for all parents who have been entrusted with exceptionally gifted children. No one before Midori has outlined the dangers of ambition and pressure with greater clarity. For this alone, she deserves our respect!

Der Neue Merkur - online 15 December 2004
The autobiography of one of the world's most famous violinists makes for a compelling read. Especially since Midori presents herself less as a prodigy than a woman, who has to cope with life as much as her art.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 30 January 2005
Midori has written a book ...an honest one at that. ... Compellingly different.

Die Welt, 27 January 2005
Einfach Midori is an autobiography with a difference!

Hamburger Abdenblatt, 24 January 2005
An impressive autobiography

Rheinischer Merkur, 27 January 2005
An astonishing autobiography ... a detailed account of Midori's mental and spiritual development ... besides some shocking personal revelations, the book confronts the reader with open criticism and the demand to think anew about the 'production' of child prodigies. ... Midori's autobiography - like her music - is characterized by technical perfection as much as the courage to completely abandon herself to her subject.