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April 2025
UK Pavilion, Osaka World Expo 2025, Japan
Music & Audio Content Editor with Immersive International
A 20 minute-Immersive Experience in English and Japanese for the UK Pavilion
5-29th June 2025
London Design Biennale 2025
Somerset House, London
Sound Installation and series of performances for the Japan Pavilion:
Paper Clouds: Materiality in Space
Designed by SEKISUI HOUSE KUMA LAB, Toshiki Hirano
Curated by Clare Farrow Studio
Original composition, sound design and performances by Midori Komachi
5th June 2025, 14:00 (Please note change of performance time)
London Design Biennale, Preview Event
10th June, 17:45
Global Design Forum
Performance as part of Kengo Kuma's talk
The Great Hall, King's College London
27th June, 18:00 - 20:45
London Design Biennale, Somerset House
Performances with London Music Fund Senior Scholars
Performance times are:
18:00*, 18:30**, 19:00**, 19:30**, 20:00**, 20:30*
*Performance by Midori Komachi
** Performance by young musicians from the London Music Fund
Free of charge, no tickets required to enter Japan Pavilion
located inside Nelson Stair from Seamen’s Hall
*Other parts of the London Design Biennale will require a ticket to the Biennale
14th October 2025
Elgar Room, Royal Albert Hall
Chashitsu: Auditory Tea Room
Midori Komachi's solo concert, with her compositions inspired by the aesthetics of Japanese Tea Room - Chashitsu.
Further details and 2025 dates to be announced
2024
UK Tour, 5th-9th March 2024
Ito Noe and the Women Composers of Her Time
Tuesday 5 March 2024, 7.30pm
The Actors' Church, Covent Garden, London
Thursday 7 March 2024, 1pm
University of Huddersfield Concert Series
Friday 8 March 2024, 7.30pm
Musica Festival, Martin Harris Centre, University of Manchester
Saturday 9th March 2024, 7.30pm
Howard Assembly Room, Leeds
Sunday 21st April 2024, 14:00 SOLD OUT
Midori Komachi Violin Recital
British House Yokohama
Midori Komachi (violin)
Yukino Kano (piano)
Works by Vaughan Williams, Holst, Parry and English folksong arrangements by Britten & Midori Komachi
Sunday 24th November 2024, 4:30pm
St. Andrew's Church, Holborn
In Celebration of Adrian Brown’s 75th Birthday and in Honour of Andrew Neill
Elgar: ‘King Arthur Suite’
Finzi: Eclogue for Piano and Strings op.10**
Imogen Holst: Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra (1935)* First Public Performance
Elgar: ‘Pomp and Circumstance’ Marches (complete)
Elgar Sinfonia of London
Adrian Brown, conductor
*Midori Komachi, violin
**Drew Steanson, piano
Tickets: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/630191
2nd-8th December 2024
Events in Japan
6th December 2024, 19:00
OTTAVA Academia
Live broadcast from OTTAVA Studio Japan, with presenter Naoki Hayashida
Programme exploring works by Imogen and Gustav Holst. (In Japanese)
Broadcast on OTTAVA radio and online: https://ottava.jp
7th December 2024, 13:00 - 14:30
Asahi Culture Centre, Shinjuku
Lecture Recital
Midori Komachi (violin, lecturer)
Yukino Kano (piano)
Held in hybrid format, with audiences in-person and broadcast live online.
Also available on-demand after the event.
Ticket booking required:
2023
Thursday 25th May, 2023
V&A, London, Raphael Court
with Femusa
Concert to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Heydar Aliev, former president of Azerbaijan
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'
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.
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)