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With the beginning of the fall semester on 4 September 2018, Midori will officially join the Violin Faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. She joins a storied violin lineage and robust community engagement program at Curtis.
During the 2017–18 academic year, Midori already visited Curtis a number of times to give masterclasses, attend student-centered activities, and work with students participating in the school’s community engagement programs and Artist-Citizen courses.
Midori comes to Curtis after 14 years on the faculty of the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, where she was a distinguished professor, a department chair for eight years, and holder of the esteemed Jascha Heifetz Chair in Violin. She will assume a role as a visiting artist at USC beginning with this semester.
On 25 August 2018, Midori will perform a movement of Leonard Bernstein’s Serenade after Plato’s Symposium at the Bernstein Centenary Celebration at Tanglewood together with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Christoph Eschenbach. Already as a 14 year old she had performed this work with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the baton of the composer himself at Tanglewood.
Overview
25 August, 20.00 – Lenox, Koussevitzky Music Shed Tanglewood
(The Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach
Bernstein: Movement from aus Serenade after Plato’s Symposium
On 11 August, Midori will perform Sibelius’ Violin Concert at the Pärnu Music Festival. Paavo Järvi will be conducting the Estonian Festival Orchestra.
The concert at a glance:
11 August, 20.00
Parnü, Concert Hall Pärnu Music Festival
Estonian Festival Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Further details can be found here.
On 13 and 14 July, Midori will be guest at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival. Together with the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra and Christoph Eschenbach, she will perform Schumann’s Violin Concerto in Hamburg and Kiel.
Overview on the concerts:
13 July, 20.00
Hamburg, St. Michaelis
Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchester, Christoph Eschenbach
Schumann: Violin Concerto
14 July, 20.00
Kiel, Schloss
Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchester, Christoph Eschenbach
Schumann: Violin Concerto
Please find further details on the concerts here.
Midori – Konzert in Hong Kong mit Tongyeong Festival Orchestra und Christoph Eschenbach – 10. April 2018 © HK Sinfonietta Ltd
At the beginning of July, Midori and pianist Özgür Aydin will be playing recitals in Germany and Warsaw: At the Kultursommer Nordhessen, in Detmold, at the Brandenburgische Sommerkonzerten and at Morningside Music Bridge, they will perform works by Mozart, Franck, Schubert and Respighi.
Overview on the concerts:
1 July, 17:00 – Kultursommer Nordhessen, Kassel, Klosterkirche Nordhausen
Mozart: Sonata KV 303
Franck: Sonata A-Dur
Schubert: Sonata g-Moll D 408
Respighi: Sonata h-Moll P 110
3 July, 19:30 – Detmold, Konzerthaus der Hochschule für Musik
see 1 July
7 July, 17:00 – Brandenburgische Sommerkonzerte, Königs Wusterhausen, Kreuzkirche
see 1 July
8 July, 19:00 – Morningside Music Bridge, Frederic Chopin University Concert Hall
see 1 July
You will find information about our artists on each artist page on our website.
Please contact us for more details: office[at]pr2classic.de.
On the occasion of her concert with the Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin on 13 May 2018 in the Berlin Philharmonie, UN Messenger of Peace and violinist Midori visited a home for female refugees and their children in Berlin (“Nachbarschaftsheims Schöneberg e.V.”). Together with the members of the Deutsche Symphonie-Orchesters Berlin Dávid Adorján (Solocellist) und Eve Wickert (Viola), they played music for around 30 women and children of the home.
© Nachbarschaftsheim Schöneberg e.V.
Please find here the account of this musical encounter on the refugee home’s website.
On 13 May 2018, Midori plays with the Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, with Constantinos Carydis conducting. In celebration of Bernstein’s anniversary they perform his Serenade after Plato’s Symposion, which Midori already played at her debut at Tanglewood as a 14 year old under the baton of the composer himself. You can find further information on the concert here.
Overview on the concert:
13 May, 20:00
Berlin, Philharmonie
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Constantinos Carydis
Bernstein: Serenade after Plato’s Symposion
On 25 and 26 March 2018, Midori and Omer Meir Wellber, Principal Guest Conductor of the Semperoper Dresden, will play concerts with the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden:
25 and 26 March, 20.00 – Dresden, Semperoper
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Ramérez: “Misa Criolla”
Bernstein: Serenade after Plato’s Symposion
Schubert: Mass in G major, D. 167
The concert will be recorded and broadcasted on 27 March at 20.05 on MDR Kultur and MDR Klassik and afterwards be available as a stream on demand and as a loop on the MDR’s webchannel “Klassik im Konzert”.