The February 2017 issue of Strings Magazine features a two-page review by Arts and Culture journalist Cristina Schreil of Midori's recent performance of the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra under the baton of Louis Langrée. ...
Midori’s recording of Peter Eötvös’s Violin Concerto DoReMi – written for and dedicated to Midori and released on Alpha Records, together with Eötvös’ Cello Concerto Grosso and Speaking Drums – has been announced as one of three finalists of ICMA’s Audio and Video Awards 2017 in the Contemporary section. The finalists were whittled...
The International Community Engagement Program (ICEP) this year is taking place in Nepal and a string quartet consisting of Midori, violinist Jeremias Sergiani-Velásques, violist Wenhong Luo and cellist Michael Katz met and rehearsed in Tokyo before flying to Kathmandu with their tour coordinator Chad Cannon. The purpose of the ICEP, one...
Following her highly-praised performances of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas in Aspen, Colorado and various cities in Germany in the summer of 2016, Midori played the works in their entirety at Köthen Castle (Schloss Köthen) in August for an audio-visual recording by Accentus Music in co-production with NHK and...
Midori joined Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and four other United Nations Messengers of Peace - Leonardo DiCaprio, Stevie Wonder, Michael Douglas and Primatologist Jane Goodall - for the Peace Bell Ceremony on September 16th in anticipation of the International Day of Peace, which falls on September 21st. The Secretary-General rang the Peace...