Midori To Perform on Kimmel Center Fresh Ink Series
March 30, 2006
"For years I have been researching repertoire and formulating ideas about how best to perform and present the music of our time," says Midori. "Finally I have had the good fortune to be able to put some of these ideas into action."
Regular tickets for Midori are $41 and $31, and can be purchased by calling 215-893-1999, online or at the Kimmel Center Box Office, open daily from 10am to 6pm and later on performance evenings. (Additional fees may apply) For group sales call 215-893-5883.
A limited number of $10 tickets are available for every Kimmel Center Presents performance at the Kimmel Center. Tickets go on sale the day of the event and can be purchased at the Kimmel Center box office beginning 2.5 hours prior to evening performances and 11:30am for matinees.
Midori made her debut at age eleven as a surprise guest artist at the New York Philharmonic’s annual New Year’s Eve concert in 1982. At the age of 14, The New York Times proclaimed her to have conquered Tanglewood with three violins as she had had to complete her performance using not only her violin but the concertmaster’s and the associate concertmaster’s when she broke 2 E strings during the fifth movement of Bernstein’s Serenade after Plato’s ‘Symposium’ for Solo Violin, String Orchestra, Harp and Percussion. An outstanding performer, Midori is also generous and possesses a high level of social consciousness. In 1992, she founded Midori & Friends, a non-profit organization in New York and she is currently also involved in Music Sharing and Partners in Performance, all of which are organizations working to bring music into the lives of people who may otherwise not have had the opportunity to become involved in the arts.
Fresh Ink’s 2005/2006 season is made possible by a grant from the Philadelphia Music Project, an Artistic Initiative of the Pew Charitable Trusts, administered by the University of the Arts.
Kimmel Center Presents’ 2005/2006 season is supported by: Mellon Financial Corporation, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Sovereign Bank, The American Express Company, Verizon Foundation, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the National Endowment for the Arts, and The William Penn Foundation. Special Student Matinees at the Kimmel Center are generously supported by Merck & Co., Inc. American Airlines is the Official Airline of Kimmel Center Presents. Toyota is the Official Vehicle of Kimmel Center Presents Jazz and World Pop programming. In-kind support is generously provided by Deloitte and Southern Wine and Spirit. NBC-10 is a Media Partner for Kimmel Center Presents.
KIMMEL CENTER PRESENTS
Fresh Ink
Saturday, April 22, 2006 | 7:30pm
Perelman Theater
Midori, violin
Robert McDonald, piano
Weir, Music for 247 Strings
Yun, Sonata No.1
GoehrM, Suite
KurtágTri Pezzi per violine e pianoforte, Op.14e
Lutoslawski, Partita
There will be an Aritist Chat with Midori, Robert McDonald and Kimmel Center Director of Programming, Tom Warner, immediately after the concert on the Perelman Theater stage.
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