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...
NHK World TV has produced a 12-minute English language documentary about Midori. Music is Always with Us traces Midori’s career and shows her performing the Preludio from the Partita No. 3 in E Major for solo violin by J.S. Bach in June at a shelter for victims of the Kumamoto Earthquake, which...
Every year in May or June, ICEP participating artists share their experiences in a series of "Reporting Concerts" in Japan. These reporting events provide a unique opportunity for the general public to hear firsthand accounts from the participating artists of what they thought, felt and learned through their ICEP experience....