2023
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Wednesday 5th April, 6-8pm
Two Temple Place, London
Solo Concert alongside art works at
State-Less Exhibition
Kakilang Arts
Free admission - no booking required
Visit the exhibition after hours accompanied with live performances and drinks. For this Late event, we will be treated to music performances by accomplished violinist and composer, Midori Komachi. She will perform works from her impressive repertoire, including new pieces from her forthcoming album ‘Chashitsu – Auditory Tea Room’ (to be released September 2023). Midori’s musical practice and her personal background resonates with and unpacks many themes at the core of the State-less 無國界 exhibition.
Saturday 15th April 2023, 2-3pm
Gallery Goto, Ginza Tokyo
Midori Komachi Violin Concert
'Spatial Timbre'
Alongside the Kumiko Shimizu Exhibition, Midori will present her research concept 'Spatial Timbre' through the Solo Violin repertoire from Baroque to contemporary.
J.S. Bach: Partita No.2 in D minor
Toshio Hosokawa: Spell for Solo Violin
Oliver Knussen: Secret Psalms
Midori Komachi: 'Tranquility', 'Chashitsu: Auditory Tea Room'
Thursday 25th May, 2023
V&A, London
with Femusa
Programme TBA
2022
Saturday 5th March 2022
Bader International Study Centre, Queen's University
Three Pianos
with Shelley Katz, piano
Bach, Beethoven, Vaughan Williams, Shishkov
May - June
Tokyo and Osaka
Friday 1st July 2022
Album Release
Vaughan Williams: Complete Works for Violin and Piano
Saturday 9th July 2022
Album Launch Recital
at Vaughan Williams's Childhood home, Leith Hill Place (National Trust), Dorking
Vaughan Williams: Complete Works for Violin and Piano
Romance and Pastorale
The Lark Ascending (original version for violin and piano)
Sonata for Violin and Piano
Six Studies in English Folk Song
Celebrating the 150th Birthday of Ralph Vaughan Williams
RVW150 Gala Concert - National Trust
Wednesday 12th October, 6:30pm
Leith Hill Place
Be inspired by an intimate performance with violinist Midori Komachi and pianist Simon Callaghan performing a selection of RVW pieces.
The evening will also include ‘New Light on the Lark’ a talk by writer & broadcaster Andrew Green, which reveals the true origins of how the 'Lark Ascending' came to be written for the brilliant young violinist Marie Hall.
Tuesday 18th October 2022
Iwaki Alios Arts Centre, Fukushima
Vaughan Williams 150th Anniversary Celebration
'Talk Live' Concert with Masanori Kato (piano)
Monday 31st October 2022, 19:00
Ginza Oji Hall, Tokyo
Vaughan Williams 150th Anniversary Recital
Midori Komachi (violin)
Masanori Kato (piano)
This event will also launch Midori's new book, a Japanese translation of Vaughan Williams by Simon Heffer (co-translation by Midori Komachi & Nobuya Takahashi, Artes Publishing)
12th November 2022, 13:00 - 14:30
Asahi Culture Centre, Shinjuku
Lecture: 'Journey through English Music with Vaughan Williams'
Midori Komachi (talk / violin)
Further dates in 2023 to be announced
2021
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March - April 2021
Musician in Residence, Brazil
with British Council & PRS Foundation
July 2021
Wyastone Concert Hall
Album Recording
4-19th September 2021
Milan Design Week
Bamboo Ring
with Kengo Kuma, OPPO & Musicity
13th November 2021, 2pm
The Lark Ascending
with St Albans Chamber Choir
John Gibbons, conductor
Midori Komachi, violin*
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending *
Alan Ridout: Ferdinand the Bull for solo violin and narrator
Cecilia McDowall: The Girl from Aleppo
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger: Mass in E flat 'Cantus Missae'
Tickets:
Saturday 14th March 2020
Clare Hall, Cambridge
with Symphonova
Shelley Katz (conductor)
Saturday 28th March - Monday 27th April 2020
Musician in Residence, Brazil
with British Council & PRS Foundation
This residency has been postponed to Spring 2021.
Saturday 16th May 2020
Bader International Studies Centre, UK
Lecture Recital: Delius and Gauguin
with Shelley Katz (piano) and Diana Gilchrist (soprano)
This event has been cancelled. Publication of video content to be announced. Watch this space!
Monday 25th May 2020
English Music Festival, UK
Warp & Weft
with Sophie Rosa (violin) & Simon Callaghan (piano)
2019
Saturday 20th July 2019, Various times
Nocturnal Creatures,
Whitechapel Gallery Late-Night Festival
City of London
18:30
Musicity x Sculpture in the City
At Undershaft (by Nancy Rubins' Sculpture) City of London
A special live performance at Undershaft, the location which inspired Midori's piece 'Full as Deep' for Musicity x Sculpture in the City.
Free admission, booking essential
20:00 & 21:00
Performance in collaboration with artist Nina Saunders & actor Salvatore Scarpa
At Undershaft (by Nina Saunders' 'Abstract Mass'), City of London
Free admission, booking essential
Saturday 31st August 2019
LUSH Spa Shinjuku Launch Event
at LUSH Shinjuku store
Midori Komachi (violin) with Clive Bell (shakuhachi)
Performance times:
16:00-16:20
18:00-18:20
20:00-20:20
To coincide with the LUSH Spa opening at the Shinjuku store, Midori has collaborated with LUSH in writing original music for the new Japanese head massage 'Tangled Hair'.
From 31st August, the new treatment will be available in-store along with the LUSH Spa launch.
Sunday 8th September 2019, 14:00
Afternoon Tea concert, Tokyo
Maison Premiere
Hosted by KomaCon FanClub
Monday 16th September 2019, 16:00 - 17:30
Asahi Culture Centre, Tokyo
Lecture
Courtauld and Music
Midori will be giving a talk and performance on the topic of 'Courtauld and Music', to coincide with the Courtauld Exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.
Tuesday 29th October 2019
Queen's University, Canada
Lecture Recital
In celebration of the 90th Anniversary of Canada-Japan Relations, Midori Komachi, violinist and newly appointed adjunct lecturer at Queen's University, will give a lecture recital exploring the works for solo violin by Japanese and Canadian composers.
Through this programme, Midori will illustrate the expanding world of expression and technique in the solo violin repertoire, which brings together various aspects of Japanese aesthetics.
Yuka Takechi:
Beyond the Spring
Toshi Ichiyanagi:
Perspectives
Murray Adaskin:
Sonatine Baroque
Dai Fujikura:
Pitter-Patter
Toshio Hosokawa:
Spell
Saturday 23rd November 2019, 8pm
High St, Oxford OX1 4BJ
with Oxford Chamber Orchestra
John Warner (conductor)
Delius: Violin Concerto (Soloist: Midori Komachi)