As Artiste étoile at the 2014 Lucerne Festival, Midori performs the complete Bach sonatas and partitas for solo violin at the Franciscan Church and joins the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Daniele Gatti at the KKL Luzern Concert Hall in Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor. At the same hall two...
June 2014 Midori, named a UN Messenger of Peace by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in 2007, visited United Nations headquarters on 3 June 2014. Her chief mission that day was to play a concert for UN dignitaries and staff members, to raise awareness of the important work of the Messengers of Peace...
On June 4, 2014, students from Midori & Friends performed at an event called CityMusic in the Appel Room in Jazz at Lincoln Center. Over 80 young musicians shared their new skills on guitar, violin, flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, percussion and voice with parents, school community members, partners and...
May 2014 Young violinists, violists and cellists aged 20-30 with a strong interest in community engagement activities and an ability to communicate in English are invited to apply to join Midori as a quartet member for the 2014/2015 International Community Engagement Programme in the Philippines. Projected dates are 15-30 December 2014 (Rehearsals...