Midori – Concerts with the Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra (March 2019)

On 19 and 20 March, Midori will be guest at the Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra. Under the baton of Julia Jones, she will perform Brahms’ Violin Concerto.

Overview over the concert:
19, 20 March, 20.00 – Dortmund, Konzerthaus
Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra, Julia Jones
Brahms: Violin Concerto

Midori on tour with the Munich Chamber Orchestra (March 2019)

From 10 March, violinist Midori will go on a tour together with the Munich Chamber Orchestra and its concert master Daniel Giglberger. They will be guest in Erlangen and Regensburg in Bavaria / Germany as well as in Olten in Switzerland and in Budapest, and will perform the following program:

Bach – Violin concerto e major BWV 1042

Bach – Violin concerto d minor BWV 1052R

The concert dates are the following:

10 March Regensburg – Audimax

11 March Erlangen – Heinrich-Lades-Halle

13 March Budapest – Béla Bartók National Concert Hall

15 March Olten – Stadttheater

Midori at the Komische Oper Berlin (February 2019)

On Friday, 22 February, Midori will be guest at the Komischen Oper Berlin. Togehter with the Orchestra of the Komischen Oper Berlin, conducted by Hermann Bäumer, she will perform Schumann’s Violinkonzert.

The concert in detail:

22 February, 20h – Berlin, Komische Oper
Orchestra of the Komischen Oper Berlin, Hermann Bäumer
Schumann: Violin Concerto

You can find further informtion here.

Midori in Rome at the U.N. (February 2019)

On 14 February, Midori attends the 42nd annual Governing Council of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) of the U.N. During the Governing Council’s opening ceremony, Pope Francis addresses heads-of-state, government ministers, and policy and development leaders. Midori performs for an audience of dignitaries including the Pope and speaks about her field visit to an IFAD-funded project in Viet Nam last December with her non-profit Music Sharing. Other special events, panels and interactive sessions include guests like 15-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg or Rwandan choreographer Sherrie Silver. The complete Governing Council is webcast. Here you can also read a webstory about Midori’s visit in Viet Nam, including a video.

Midori travels to Vietnam with her Music Sharing foundation (December 2018)

Violinist and UN Messenger of Peace Midori travels with MUSIC SHARING’s International Community Engagement Program (ICEP) through Vietnam. As every year in the second half of December, ICEP as a non-political foundation brings Western classical music into regions in Asia with limited exposure to it. From December 18-27, ICEP’s touring string quartet performs and interacts with Vietnamese residents. They will visit schools and music schools, orphanages, hospitals, communities and schools for people and children with special needs such as for patients with Hansen’s Disease, as well as the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union in and around Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. A visit of the touring musicians to Tuyên Quang Province is being coordinated by the United Nations’ International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), with field visits and programs in the IFAD projects.

MUSIC SHARING, which was founded by Midori in 1992, focuses on bringing live music to people who are living under special and marginalized circumstances such as resulting from natural disasters, medical conditions, geographical limitations, and economic positions. ICEP, in particular, coordinates and organizes musical presentations into regions in Asia with limited exposure to it.

The touring string quartet, with Midori, this season includes Tatjana Roos (violin), Charlotte Malin (viola) und Alan Toda-Ambaras (violoncello). The young musicians were selected through a rigorous audition process and will travel in June 2019 to Japan for follow-up concerts.

Here you’ll find more information on Music Sharing and ICEP and here about the Touring Party Personnel.
Midori and her team are chronicling their activities in Vietnam on the Music Sharing Blog, which also includes entries from the last travels to India in 2017 and Nepal in 2016. On MUSIC SHARING’s YouTube channel you can also find videos of those last two ICEP tours.

For further information on Midori’s commitment as a UN Messenger of Peace, you can find

• here a video of her visit to Mexico in October 2017, where she played music for the victims of the earthquake in Morelos in September 2017, advocated for the UN’s Sustainable Developmental Goals and gave a master class in Mexico City which she combined with a public interview,
• and here a short video statement of Midori for International Day of Peace 2016.

This year’s ICEP tour is, in part, organized in collaboration with IFAD, the office of the Honorary Consul of Vietnam in Aichi – in commemoration of the 45th anniversary of the Vietnamese-Japanese Diplomatic Relations –, and the Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation.

Special thanks go to the United Nations’ International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). MUSIC SHARING values the IFAD’s commitment to invest in rural people, empowering them to increase their food security, to improve the nutrition of their families and to increase their incomes.

MUSIC SHARING is a non-political entity and operates solely on generous support provided by individuals, corporations, and foundations. For ICEP Vietnam, these include:  Kikkoman Corporation, Mitsui Oil Exploration Co., Ltd., Kao Corporation, Saigon Tourist, Hermes Gift Ltd., The Japan World Exposition 1970 Commemorative Fund.

Midori and Özgür Aydin on Duo Tour in Germany, The Netherlands and Slowenia (November 2018)

From 22 to 27 November, Midori and pianist Özgür Aydin will play duo concerts in Eindhoven, Backnang, Steinfurt, Kempten and Ljuljana. The tour will feature works by Bach, Franck, Schubert and Respighi:

22. November Eindhoven, Muziekgebouw
Bach: Sonata in G major for violin and basso continuo BWV 1021
Franck: Sonate in A major for piano and violin
Schubert: Sonata (Sonatina) in g minor for violin and piano D408
Respighi: Sonata for violin and piano
Özgür Aydin – Klavier

23. November Backnang, Bürgerhaus
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24. November Steinfurt, Bagno Konzertgalerie
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 26. November Kempten, Stadttheater
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27. November Llubljana
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Midori takes her Orchestra Residencies Program (ORP) to Slovakia (November 2018)

From 15 to 18 November, Midori will bring her Orchestra Residencies Program (ORP) to Slovakia to work with the Slovak Youth Orchestra and the Orchestra of a Music School for Children in Bratislava. During this time, she will not only teach the young musicians in different formats, such as master classes, lectures and Q & A sessions, but also prepare a joint concert with them, which will be the highlight of the residency and will take place in the Slovak Radio Building.

In addition to the overture from Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, the concert presents two concerti by Johann Sebastian Bach – Double Concerto BWV 1043 and Violin Concerto BWV 1042 – as well as the third movement of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. Both Midori and three violin student from one of the two orchestras will perform as soloists. The concert will be conducted by VŠMU professor Marco Vlasák.

The program of the concert at a glance:
November 18, 4 pm, Slovak Radio Building
Slovak Youth Orchestra and Orchestra of Music School for Children, Marco Vlasák
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro – Overture
Bach: Double Concerto BWV 1043
Bach: Violin Concerto BWV 1042
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto – 3rd movement

Further information about the program can be found here (in Slovak).

The Orchestra Residencies Program (ORP) has been in existence since the 2004/05 season. Over a period of four to seven days, Midori spends time with a youth orchestra with connection to a small professional orchestra. She teaches the young musicians in various formats and participates in a wide range of activities tailored to optimize the involvement of the youth orchestra. ORPs have already taken place in Costa Rica, Bulgaria, Peru and various US states.

For more information, visit the Orchestra Residencies Program homepage: https://orpobservations.wordpress.com/

Midori – Concert with Nürnberger Symphoniker (September 2018)

On Saturday, 22 September 2018, Midori will be guest at the Nürnberger Symphoniker. Together with the orchestra’s new music directpr Kahchun Wong, she will perform the Violin Concerto by Johannes Brahms.

Overview on the concert:
22 September, 20.00 – Nürnberg, Meistersingerhalle
Nürnberger Symphoniker, Kahchung Wong
Brahms: Violin Concerto

Further details on the concert can be found here.