4. October 2024
Violinist Midori will be performing with the Vienna Philharmonic under the baton of Andris Nelsons on October 18, 19 and 20, this time with Sergei Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1. Midori will also take this program with the orchestra to Seoul (23 October), Nagoya (8 November) and Tokyo (12 & 15 November).
On February 20, 2020, she last appeared with the Vienna Philharmonic in Schumann’s Violin Concerto at the Musikverein with Christoph Eschenbach, on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
October 18, 7.30 pm, Konzerthaus Vienna
October 19 3.30 pm, Musikverein Vienna
October 20, 11.00 a.m., Musikverein Vienna
A former child prodigy, she began her worldwide career at the age of 11 when she performed with the New York Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta at Carnegie Hall. Today she tours over five continents as a soloist with leading orchestras or for chamber music recitals, commissions compositions from international composers, is active as a U.N. peace ambassador and heads four of her own foundations, which have been dedicated to educational, social and musical exchange for 20 years, including working in international hotspots. In December, for example, Midori will be in Bangladesh with her foundation ICEP ((International Community Engagement Program). The project brings musical performances to “Least Developed Countries” every year; Bangladesh is the most populous country in this group. For two weeks, Midori and three young musicians will visit social institutions such as children’s homes, schools for the blind and hospitals.
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Upcoming concerts
October 18 Vienna, Konzerthaus
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Prokofiev: 1st Violin Concerto
Andris Nelsons, conductor
October 19 & 20 Vienna, Musikverein
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Prokofiev: 1st Violin Concerto
Andris Nelsons, conductor
October 23 Seoul, Seoul Arts Center
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Prokofiev: 1st Violin Concerto
Andris Nelsons, conductor
October 31 Cologne, Kölner Philharmonie
Gürzenich Orchestra
Bartók: 2nd Violin Concerto
Joshua Weilerstein, conductor
November 8 Nagoya Aichi Prefectural Hall, Japan
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Prokofiev: 1st Violin Concerto
Andris Nelsons, conductor
November 12 & 15 Tokio, Suntory Hall, Japan
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Prokofiev: 1st Violin Concerto
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Following a busy August of concerto and recital appearances at the Tanglewood, Aspen and Edinburgh festivals and the Hollywood Bowl, Midori embarked on her 2024/2025 season, highlights of which include:
• A week at the Krzyzowa Chamber Music Festival in Poland, helping to celebrate its 10th anniversary;
• Recording Spring Cadenzas, a work composed by Derek Bermel for her Orchestra Residencies Program, with the Boston-based ensemble A Far Cry and its Project STEP students;
• Recital tours to Turkey, India and Sri Lanka, among others;
• Concerto appearances with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Andris Nelsons in Vienna and on tour to Korea and Japan and with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and Jonathan Nott on tour in Spain;
• “Hope Concerts” in Ishikawa, Japan, to support victims of the January 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake with pianist Mao Fujita;
• International Community Engagement Project (ICEP) in Nepal with three young string players;
• Recitals in the U.S. with pianist Özgür Aydin in Boston, New York San Francisco and Los Angeles, among others in the spring of 2025. The recital program is a musical reflection on suffering and loss inspired by Federico García Lorca’s poem Casida of the Lament represented in works by Poulenc, Brahms and Ravel and the premiere of Spirituals by Che Buford;
• Recording works by Robert Schumann
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