Midori receives APAP 2015 Award (January 2015)

Midori is this year’s winner of the prestigious APAP Award of Merit for Achievement in Performing Arts, which is given each year by the Association of Performing Arts Presenters. The prize is awarded “to an individual whose genius, energy and excellence have defined or redefined an art form for today’s audiences”, and it includes composer Philip Glass, singer Jessye Norman, and the Kronos Quartet among its most recent recipients.

Midori received the prize on 12 January at the 58th Annual APAP Awards Ceremony in New York, as part of APAP NYC 2015, which gathers presenters from North America and more than 30 countries worldwide.