The Christian Science Monitor, November 29, 2002 edition

ARTS&LEISURE: From prodigy to master
By GLORIA GOODALE, Arts and culture correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor

Midori made her professional debut at 11. Twenty years later, she says she has finally faced down the legacy of that little girl.

LOS ANGELES – Midori's fingers race firmly up and down the neck of her violin; her slight frame whipsaws with every phrase. Her face shines with sweat, but she is calm and intently focused. The violinist dispatches the devilishly detailed Barber violin concerto with a fierce flourish and then takes a tiny bow.
There is no applause. The vast Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is empty. This is, after all, a rehearsal. That fact, however, doesn't alter the intensity with which Midori plays.

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