Midori Komachi 

Solo Violinist | Composer | Sound Designer

"Sensitive accounts of music full of sensual allure"  

-The Strad

Midori Komachi is an internationally acclaimed violinist and composer, bridging the traditional and contemporary music scenes of UK and Japan. Named 'a hugely gifted soloist of the younger generation' (The Quarterly Review), she forges a distinctive artistic identity, bringing together expertise in performance, composition and sound design for immersive experiences. 

Her works have been commissioned by major brands and organisations, such as LUSH, smartphone brand OPPO, and installed at exhibitions including Milan Design Week, London Design Biennale and Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts. She is an Adjunct Lecturer at Queen's University (Canada) and a PhD Candidate at Goldsmiths, University of London, where her research is fully funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC). She is an Ambassador for the London Music Fund. 

2025 sees her creativity reach new heights as she took on the role of Music and Audio Content Editor for the UK Pavilion at the Osaka World Expo 2025 with Immersive International. She was also the commissioned composer, performer and sound desginer for the Japan Pavilion at London Design Biennale 2025 at Somerset House, which was selected 'best pavilion' by Forbes. 

Her latest album, Chashitsu: Auditory Tea Room (MSCTY), was launched with a sold-out concert at the Royal Albert Hall in October 2025, featuring her distinctive approach to immersive live production inspired by the aesthetics of the Japanese Tea Room.

As a solo violinist, she has performed extensively across Europe and Japan. Ever since her solo debut at the age of 12 with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra conducted by Howard Griffiths, she has performed in prestigious venues such as Tonhalle Zurich, the Warsaw Philharmonic, and Wigmore Hall. In 2020-2021, Midori was a Musician in Residence at the British Council & PRS Foundation, leading a digital residency with Diamantina, Brazil. 

A passionate advocate for British and Japanese music, she appears frequently on media such as BBC Radio 3, NHK, and TV Tokyo. She served as a presenter on British Airways' in-flight entertainment in 2018-2020, introducing British classical and contemporary music.

Also a bilingual writer and translator, she has published two books in Japan. Her translations of Delius as I knew him by Eric Fenby and Vaughan Williams by Simon Heffer (both published by Artes Publishing), have been featured widely on the national press.