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Midori - Isaac Stern - Itzhak Perlman - Mark O'Connor - Bach's Concerto
1 Bach: Sonata No. 2 in A minor for Unaccompanied Violin, BWV 1003/Grave  
2 Bach: Sonata No. 2 in A minor for Unaccompanied Violin, BWV 1003/Fuga  
3 Bach: Sonata No. 2 in A minor for Unaccompanied Violin, BWV 1003/Andante  
4 Bach: Sonata No. 2 in A minor for Unaccompanied Violin, BWV 1003/Allegro  
5 Bartok: Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano, Sz. 75, BB 84 (Op. 21)/I. Allegro appassionato  
6 Bartok: Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano, Sz. 75, BB 84 (Op. 21)/II Adagio  
7 Bartok: Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano, Sz. 75, BB 84 (Op. 21)/III Allegro  
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In a refreshing juxtaposition of repertoire, Midori's first new recording in five years, features J.S. Bach's Unaccompanied Sonata No.2 in A Minor with Bartok's Sonata No.1 in C-sharp Minor. The SONY BMG Masterworks recording becomes available on January 1, 2008.  Pianist Robert McDonald joins Midori in the Bart?k. "Both in my own personal listening and in concert programs, I really enjoy combining works from diverse historical periods - I believe they shed light on one another in the most wonderful way," says Midori, "so I thought it would be terrific to put these two great sonatas next to one another on a recording."

The 2007-2008 season marks Midori's first quarter-century before the public. In a year characteristically replete with activity, Midori will play over 90 concerts, making six trips to Europe and three to Asia. Among the highlights of Midori's season will be bringing a unique project to Lincoln Center combining the music of J.S.Bach, Takemitsu and Schnittke; traveling to Florida with the Cleveland Orchestra and to Japan with the Philadelphia Orchestra; making her third all-new music recital tour, this time to Europe; devoting significant energy to her myriad community engagement initiatives in the U.S. and in Asia, and significantly increasing her commitment to USC's Thornton School of Music, as she assumes the position of Chair of the Strings Department in September. On September 21st, the International Day of Peace, Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary General of the United Nations, designated Midori an official Messenger of Peace, a great honor  accorded fewer than 20 people since the U.N. program's inception over ten years ago.

Another significant milestone of Midori's 2007-08 season is the 15th Anniversary of her very first community engagement program, Midori & Friends. The program, started by Midori in response to cutbacks in arts education in New York City schools, has blossomed from modest beginnings to a 4-tiered, 26-week program offering instrument instruction, elementary music theory, family concerts, and jazz and world music concerts, in addition to classroom appearances by Midori and other guest artists, to school children throughout the city of New York. Since its inception this program has reached 150,000 underprivileged children. As part of her other community engagement programs this season, Midori will visit Cambodia (Music Sharing International), Minnesota (Partners in Performance), Iowa (Orchestra Residencies Program), Montana (Partners in Performance) and South Dakota (Orchestra Residencies Program).

  • Midori set for 'Sibelius' concerto with Louisville Public Media
    Posted At: January 15, 2025
    Louisville Public Media's Bill Doolittle writes…..Richard Strauss wrote music that described things – people, ideas, stories – from Till Eulenspiegel the merry prankster to Salome the seductive dancer to the awesome sunrise of Also Spake Zarathrustra. And right outside the windows of his villa in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (pictured above), the composer could take in a view of one of the most magnificent vistas...

  • Midori leads 'Music Institute of Chicago' master class at Evanston's Nichols Hall / Evanston RoundTable
    Posted At: October 14, 2024
    Midori is a visionary artist, activist and educator who explores and builds connections between music and the human experience. In the four decades since her debut with the New York Philharmonic at age 11, the “simply magical” (Houston Chronicle) violinist has performed with many of the world’s most prestigious orchestras and has collaborated with world-renowned musicians including Leonard Bernstein, Y...

  • Led by Artistic Director: Midori, the Ravinia Steans Music Institute Faculty Chamber Players put on a fine concert / Splash
    Posted At: July 12, 2024
    Splash Magazine's Debra Davy writes….The Ravinia Steans Music Institute Faculty Chamber Players, comprised of Artistic Director Midori, violin; Mihaela Martin, violin; Kim Kashkashian, viola; Frans Helmerson, cello; Clive Greensmith, cello; and Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano, presented a program of carefully curated pieces in The Martin Theater at The Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, Illinois. The concert showca...

  • Midori set for 'Music Worcester' date at Mechanics Hall with Festival Strings Lucerne / BroadwayWorld
    Posted At: October 10, 2023
    The concert is on Friday, November 3rd at Mechanics Hall in Worcester.BroadwayWorld's Stephi Wild writes…..Music Worcester presents Midori, one of the most acclaimed violinists of her generation, in concert on Friday, November 3rd at Mechanics Hall in Worcester with the Festival Strings Lucerneorchestra. Tickets and information can be found at musicworcester.org.For this program that brings Midori back to W...

  • Violinist, educator and humanitarian: Midori brings her passion-filled music to NJPAC / 88.3WBGO
    Posted At: September 23, 2023
    88.3WBGO's Doug Doyle writes……Visionary artist, activist and educator Midori began her meteoric career as a violin prodigy. By age 12, she had left audiences around the globe standing and cheering. And The New York Times has declared "she is an artist of inspiring gifts."WBGO's Doug Doyle spoke with Midori about her upcoming concert at NJPAC on November 5 at 3pm.In the four decades since her debut with the ...

  • CPR Classical presents: Midori with the National Repertory Orchestra
    Posted At: July 19, 2023
    Midori is a visionary artist, activist and educator who explores and builds connections between music and the human experience and breaks with traditional boundaries, which makes her one of the most outstanding violinists of our time. She will mark the 40th anniversary of her professional debut this season, celebrating a remarkable career that began in 1982, when she debuted with the New York Phil...

  • Midori to lead 'Steans Institute at Ravinia' / Chicago Classical Review
    Posted At: June 19, 2023
    Midori is a visionary artist, activist and educator who explores and builds connections between music and the human experience and breaks with traditional boundaries, which makes her one of the most outstanding violinists of our time. She will mark the 40th anniversary of her professional debut this season, celebrating a remarkable career that began in 1982, when she debuted with the New York Phil...

  • Midori, boldly bringing Bach to Benaroya / northwest asian weekly
    Posted At: April 11, 2023
    northwest asian weekly's Andrew Hamlin writes…..Child-prodigy violinist Midori (she uses only that name) began to travel the world playing classical music after her first public performance, at age 6, in her home town of Osaka, Japan. After 40 years of globetrotting, she’s no stranger to this area.“My impression of Seattle is that it’s a very, very beautiful place,” elaborated Midori, who presents a program...

  • Midori and Thibaudet take a visceral approach to the New Year and the Beethoven year at Kravis event / Palm Beach Daily News
    Posted At: January 7, 2020

    Violinist Midori and pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet play early sonatas and Kreutzer masterwork during Kravis event. The New Year started with a special treat at the Kravis Center, compliments of the Regional Arts Concert Series. Bringing together two major artists performing the incomparable music of Ludwig van Beethoven was indeed a cause for celebration on a cold Sunday afternoon. The program featured vio...

  • Midori returns to TSO for Brahms concerto / Arizona Daily Star - tucson.com
    Posted At: October 29, 2018

    Midori - made the front page of the New York Times when she was just 15 years old. She was performing at the famed Tanglewood Music Festival under the baton of Leonard Bernstein. At the time, she was already four years into her career, which she launched with a surprise guest appearance with the New York Philharmonic as the guest soloist at the 1982 New Year's Eve Gala. In the three decades since, Mi...

  • Midori has one of the best Leonard Bernstein stories ever / Northeast Public Radio
    Posted At: August 18, 2018

    Midori, perhaps, perhaps has one of the best Leonard Bernstein stories of all time. In happened in 1986 at Tanglewood when she was performing Bernstein's "Serenade," conducted by Bernstein. During the performance, she broke the E string on her violin, then again on the concertmaster's Stradivarius after she borrowed it. She finished the performance with the associate concertmaster's instrumen...

  • Midori to join Curtis Institute of Music violin faculty in 2018 / theStrad
    Posted At: June 27, 2017

    The violinist, who has taught at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music for 14 years, will join the Curtis Institute full-time from the 2018-2019 academic year. Midori is to join the Curtis Institute of Music violin faculty from the beginning of the 2018-2019 academic year. The violinist will visit the Philadelphia school a number of times during the 2017-2018 academic year to giv...

  • Midori says 'music has no boundaries in promoting peace' / UN Web TV
    Posted At: June 22, 2017

    Midori is one of the most admired violinists of her generation. In addition to performing at the highest levels internationally, giving master classes and participating in prominent artistic residencies, she has made a sustained commitment to the violin repertoire of the future, commissioning new concerto and recital works over a period of many years. Beyond her performing and recording career, M...

  • Midori plays Singapore Violin Festival / The Straits Times review
    Posted At: June 1, 2017

    This year's Singapore Violin Festival could not have had a more star-studded presence than the eminent Japanese violinist Midori Goto, who performs under the name Midori. She is a member of the festival's faculty of teachers and what better way of showing, telling and inspiring younger violinists than by performing a full-length concert? The six unaccompanied Violin Sonatas and Partitas of Jo...

  • Midori with CSO sail through the treacherous challenges of Britten's Violin Concerto / Cincinnati.com
    Posted At: May 6, 2017

    It's astonishing that Benjamin Britten's Violin Concerto has only been programmed by the CSO three previous times, the first in 2006. The British composer finished it in 1939, just as World War II was breaking out. Written for a violinist who was a refugee of the Spanish Civil War, the piece opens with a pervading Spanish rhythm in the percussion. Midori sailed through its treacherous technical challenge...

  • USC professor - Midori joins students who perform for appreciative audiences in Mexico
    Posted At: February 12, 2017

    For Midori Goto, playing violin is about more than hitting the right notes on a treble-pitched instrument with four strings. The renowned violinist, who debuted as a child prodigy with the New York Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta, knows that music tugs at heartstrings as well. So why should it be reserved for concert halls? Goto, known professionally the world over by her first name, Midori, takes her vio...

  • Midori joins PSO for Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Posted At: February 2, 2017

    There aren't too many people in popular culture who can get away with using only one name. In classical music, however, we're used to that: Mozart, Beethoven and plenty of other 18th- and 19th-century composers need no introduction. It's perhaps a little more impressive that the 45-year-old violinist Midori has done so for a few decades. The Japanese-born American violinist will join the Pittsburgh Symph...

  • Midori's has busy residency with the Marin Symphony / San Francisco Chronicle
    Posted At: January 19, 2017

    Alasdair Neale first performed with Midori a decade ago with the Sun Valley Summer Symphony in Idaho, where the longtime Marin Symphony maestro also serves as music director. Neale got to do it again a few years back when Midori returned to the free Sun Valley festival that Neale has productively nurtured for 22 years. "She's obviously a legendary artist, and with good reason. She'...

  • Midori's Passion Beyond the Concert Hall / WRTI Radio
    Posted At: December 22, 2016

    On New Year's Day at 1 pm on WRTI, listen to a broadcast of Midori performing Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D Major with The Philadelphia Orchestra. Violinist Midori has been performing with major orchestras since her 1983 New Year's Eve debut at age 11 with The New York Philharmonic. While still in her teens, she developed another passion. Midori talks about how her outreach efforts to provide...

  • Midori participates in Orchestra Residency with Kalamazoo Symphony TODAY-Feb. 2
    Posted At: January 29, 2014

    One of two communities picked every year, The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra was chosen for Midori's Orchestra Residencies Program. Starting TODAY Jan. 29 and running through Feb. 2, the world renowned Violinist will workshop with students & professional musicians, and appear at WMU and at Kalamazoo and Portage Michigan public schools. She will also be guest artist at the KSO concert on Feb. 1...

  • Midori brings two contrasting concerts to this year's Edinburgh International Festival
    Posted At: August 22, 2013

    Internationally renowned violinist Midori brings two contrasting concerts to this year's Edinburgh International Festival, TONIGHT!!, Thusday August 22, and on Saturday August 24th. Offering a fresh perspective on one of the greatest collections of music in the violin repertoire, her colossal ambition, intellectual intensity and huge emotional scope, plays the elegant Bach Sonata in G minor against t...

  • A concerto for violin and orchestra written for Midori called: DoReMi
    Posted At: January 18, 2013

    Violin virtuoso Midori will perform with the LA Phil and guest conductor Pablo Heras-Casado, Peter Eötvös concerto for violin and orchestra written for Midori entitled "DoReMi." Don't miss the world premiere: TONIGHT!! JANUARY 18, 2013@The Walt Disney Concert Hall.  "DoReMi," the musical beginner's melodic building-blocks is Eotvos's pun on his violinist's name: Mi...

  • Midori: Bach & Bartok. A refreshing juxtaposition of repertoire
    Posted At: April 21, 2008

    In a refreshing juxtaposition of repertoire, Midori's first new recording in five years, features J.S. Bach's Unaccompanied Sonata No.2 in A Minor with Bartok's Sonata No.1 in C-sharp Minor. The SONY BMG Masterworks recording becomes available on January 1, 2008.  Pianist Robert McDonald joins Midori in the Bartak. "Both in my own personal listening and in concert programs, I really enjo...
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