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Midori (Midori Goto) was born on 25 October, 1971 in Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, is a Japanese violinist (born 1971). Discover Midori's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 52 years old?

Popular As Midori Goto
Occupation Musician
Age 52 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 25 October 1971
Birthday 25 October
Birthplace Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
Nationality Japan

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Midori Height, Weight & Measurements

At 52 years old, Midori height is 4′ 11″ .

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Midori Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Midori worth at the age of 52 years old? Midori’s income source is mostly from being a successful Musician. She is from Japan. We have estimated Midori's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Midori Goto (五嶋 みどり), who performs under the mononym Midori, is a Japanese-born American violinist.

1971

Midori was born Midori Goto in Osaka, Japan, on October 25, 1971.

1982

She made her debut with the New York Philharmonic at age 11 as a surprise guest soloist at the New Year's Eve Gala in 1982.

In 1982 she and her mother moved to New York City, where Midori started violin studies with Dorothy DeLay at Pre-College Division of Juilliard School and the Aspen Music Festival and School.

As her audition piece, Midori performed Bach's thirteen-minute-long Chaconne, generally considered one of the most difficult solo violin pieces.

In the same year, she made her concert debut with the New York Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta, a conductor with whom she would later record on the Sony Classical label.

1983

She dropped her father's surname from her stage name after her parents’ divorce in 1983, initially performing under the name Mi Dori, then deciding on the single word Midori.

Her father was a successful engineer and her mother, Setsu Gotō, was a professional violinist.

Setsu regularly took young Midori to her orchestra rehearsals where the toddler slept in the front row of the auditorium while her mother rehearsed.

One day Setsu heard a two-year-old Midori humming a Bach concerto that had been rehearsed two days earlier.

Subsequently, Midori often tried to touch her mother's violin, even climbing onto the bench of the family piano to try to reach the violin on top of the piano.

On Midori's third birthday, Setsu gave her a 1/16 size violin and began giving her lessons.

Midori gave her first public performance at the age of six, playing one of the 24 Caprices of Paganini in her native Osaka.

1986

In 1986 her performance at the Tanglewood Music Festival with Leonard Bernstein conducting his own composition made the front-page headlines in The New York Times.

Midori became a celebrated child prodigy, and one of the world's preeminent violinists as an adult.

Midori has been honored as an educator and for her community engagement endeavors.

When she was 21, she established her foundation Midori and Friends to bring music education to young people in underserved communities in New York City and Japan, which has evolved into four distinct organizations with worldwide impact.

In 1986 came her legendary performance of Leonard Bernstein's Serenade at Tanglewood, conducted by Bernstein.

During the performance, she broke the E string on her violin, then again on the concertmaster's Stradivarius after she borrowed it.

She finished the performance with the associate concertmaster's Guadagnini and received a standing ovation.

The next day's The New York Times front page carried the headline, "Girl, 14, Conquers Tanglewood with 3 Violins".

1987

When Midori was 15, she left Juilliard Pre-College in 1987 after four years and became a full-time professional violinist.

1989

In October 1989, she celebrated her 18th birthday with her Carnegie Hall orchestral debut, playing Bartok's Violin Concerto No. 2.

1990

She made her Carnegie Hall recital debut in 1990 four days before her 19th birthday.

Both performances were critically acclaimed.

In 1990, she also graduated from the Professional Children's School which she attended for academic subjects.

1992

In 1992, she formed Midori and Friends, a non-profit organization that aims to bring music education to children in New York City and in Japan after learning of severe cutbacks to music education in U.S. schools.

2000

In 2000, Midori graduated magna cum laude from the Gallatin School at New York University with a bachelor's degree in Psychology and Gender Studies, completing the degree in five years while also continuing to perform in concerts.

2001

In 2001, Midori had returned to the stage and took a teaching position at the Manhattan School of Music.

In 2001, with the money Midori received from winning the Avery Fisher Prize, she established the Partners in Performance program focusing on classical music organizations in smaller communities.

2002

Her organization Music Sharing began as the Tokyo branch-office of Midori and Friends and was certified as an independent organization in 2002.

Music Sharing focuses on education about Western classical music and traditional Japanese music for young people, including instrument instruction for the disabled.

Its International Community Engagement Program is a training program for internationally chosen aspiring musicians that promotes cultural exchange and community engagement.

2004

In 2004, Midori launched the Orchestra Residencies program in the U.S. for youth orchestras, which was expanded to include collaborations with orchestras outside the U.S. in 2010.

2005

She later earned a master's degree in psychology from NYU in 2005.

Her master's thesis was about pain research.

2007

In 2007, Midori was appointed as a UN Messenger of Peace.

2012

She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2012.

2018

In 2018, she joined the violin faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music.

She is also on the faculty of the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music serving as Distinguished Professor and Judge Widney Professor of Music.