Midori at the 2020 Tanglewood Virtual Gala (July 2020)

Midori will celebrate the centenary of the legendary American violinist Isaac Stern, one of the most prominent artists of the 20th century, on July 23, 2020 at 02:00 Central European Summer Time (20:00, Estern Standard Time) at the 2020 Tanglewood Virtual Gala.READ MORE

Midori honors Isaac Stern at Online Event “Live with Carnegie Hall” (July 2020)

Midori and many other artists are honoring Isaac Stern for his 100th birthday on July 21 with a live event as part of “Live with Carnegie Hall,” an online series featuring some of the world’s best artists, behind-the-scenes stories, excerpts from past performances, and live musical moments.

At “Live with Carnegie Hall: Isaac Stern Centenary”, Midori will be joined by Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma, and Pinchas Zukerman on July 21 at 8 p.m. (CEST) to perform live on the Carnegie Hall website on Facebook or YouTube.

More about “Live with Carnegie Hall” here.

Midori sends a message out of self isolation (April 2020)

Dear Friends,

In this time of great uncertainty and continuing unnerving news, I write to you from New York, where I have been sheltering-in-place for close to a month.READ MORE

Midori celebrates Beethoven in Luzern (February 2020)

On Sunday, 1 May 2020, Midori will play a violin concerto and two romances by Beethoven and will thus be the focus of this concert under the baton of Daniel Dodds of the Lucerne Concert Series of the Festival Strings Lucerne titled “Beethoven zelebriert”. This programme, orchestra and conductor, repeat itself at Saffron Hall in Saffron Walden. The concert in England will take place on 6 March.READ MORE

Midori congratulates Christoph Eschenbach with Mozart (February 2020)

In honour of the 80th birthday of Christoph Eschenbach’s, Music Director of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, a grand celebration takes place. On February 25 at the Konzerthaus Berlin many renowned artists congratulate the conductor by presenting outstanding works. One of the congratulators is Midori, she will play a Mozart Duo together with Nils MönkemeyerREAD MORE

Midori with ICEP in Cambodia (December 2019)

For 15 years now – one could almost call it a tradition –, Midori ends her year with MUSIC SHARING’s International Community Engagement Program (ICEP). During Christmas celebrations at the end of December, the violinist and UN messenger of peace forms and joins a string quartet together with this year’s three young musicians Elina Buksha (violin), Erika Gray (viola) and Noémie Raymond-Friset (cello) to present music to, above all, children and youth in rural and otherwise underserved areas in Cambodia, while encouraging audiences and musicians to connect with each other through the arts.

Since 2016, Midori and those young musicians travelling with her, share their impressions in a diary on the MUSIC SHARING ICEP Blog. The biographies of the various teams throughout the years can still be found there too as well as general information on the program and organization. On MUSIC SHARING‘s YouTube channel you can also find videos of the previous visits to India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanman, amongst others.