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Brief notes on Sonatas and Partitas without Bass for Solo Violin by J. S. Bach

January 28, 2023 in , /by

We find Johann Sebastian Bach in the year 1720 as Kapellmeister in the court of Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen. A musician in early mid-career and much better known as an organist than as a composer, Bach busied himself during his six-year sojourn in Cöthen with writing some of his most important instrumental music (rather than the religious vocal compositions his work demanded in such profusion in other postings), while still performing the customary duties of a musical director in a secular court—playing, rehearsing, performing, and conducting—showing leadership as the head musician of the town. This period he spent in a relatively small town (centuries later to become a part of […]

五嶋みどり新譜発売のお知らせ

October 7, 2022 in , /by

五嶋みどり新譜発売のお知らせ 世界に先駆け、日本のみの先行発売！ 【タイトル】 ベートーヴェン：ピアノとヴァイオリンのためのソナタ集（全10曲）（SACDハイブリッド盤） 【演奏者】 五嶋みどり（ヴァイオリン） ジャン＝イヴ・ティボーデ（ピアノ） 【商品番号および発売日】 発売品番：WPCS-13839/41 発売日：2022年11月9日（水） 【アルバムの予約注文はこちら】 https://warnermusicjapan.lnk.to/midoriSonatas 【ワーナーミュージック・ジャパンHP】 https://wmg.jp/midori/

MIDORI’S 40TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON

September 26, 2022 in /by

The 2022-2023 season marks the 40th Anniversary of Midori’s professional debut, which took place on New Year’s Eve in 1982 with the New York Philharmonic and Zubin Mehta. She was 11 years old. This season, Warner Classics will release a new recording of the complete Beethoven sonatas cycle with Midori and pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, which the artists will perform in its entirety at Dartmouth College New Hampshire and Suntory Hall, Tokyo. The Suntory Hall Beethoven sonatas cycle is part of a five-day celebration of Midori’s anniversary that also pays homage to Beethoven and to Midori’s mentor, the late Isaac Stern, whose significant birthdays fell during Covid lockdowns. Over the course […]

Midori erhält den Brahms-Preis

September 20, 2022 in , /by

(Above photo ©Andreas Guballa)     Midori wurde 2020 mit dem Brahms-Preis der Brahms-Gesellschaft Schleswig-Holstein ausgezeichnet, die 20. August 2022 in der St. Bartholomäus-Kirche in Wesselburren statt. Die Jury ehrte Midori für ihre international gefeierten Interpretationen der Werke von Johannes Brahms sowie für ihre Förderung des künstlerischen Nachwuchses und ihr besonderes Engagement im Sinne der Menschlichkeit für kulturfördernde Projekte, nicht zuletzt als UN-Friedensbotschafterin. Der Preis ist mit 10.000 Euro dotiert.   Im Rahmen der Preisverleihung spielte Midori ein Programm mit Solowerken von J.S. Bach, Jessie Montgomery und John Zorn.   Der erste Preisträger des Brahms-Preises war Leonard Bernstein im Jahr 1988. Weitere Preisträger waren Yehudi Menuhin, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Sabine Meyer, […]

Midori receives her 2020 Brahms Prize – – at last

August 22, 2022 in /by

(Above photo ©Andreas Guballa)                 Midori was awarded the Schleswig-Holstein Brahms Society’s Brahms Prize in 2020 but the prize ceremony had to be postponed because of the Covid pandemic. The event took place on August 20, 2022 at St Bartholomaus Church in Wesselburren. The jury honored Midori for her internationally celebrated interpretations of the works of Johannes Brahms as well as for the support she gives to the younger generation of artists and her special commitment in the spirit of humanity to projects promoting culture, not least as a UN Peace Ambassador. The prize is endowed with €10,000. Alongside the prize ceremony Midori […]