Style and technique: Midori and Aydin impress in Cleveland

By Frank Kuznik, 14 April 2014

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Reviewed at Cleveland Museum of Art: Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland on 12 April 2014

Debussy, Violin Sonata in G minor

Shostakovich, Sonata for violin and piano, Op.134

Beethoven, Violin Sonata no. 10 in G major, Op.96

Schubert, Rondo Brilliante for piano and violin in B minor, D.895

Midori, Violin

Özgür Aydin, Piano

Midori Gotō’s elegant playing conquers Sydney

Zoltán Szabó, 26th June

It is not often that a United Nations Messenger of Peace gives a concert in Sydney. Yet this is what happened on Sunday when violinist Midori Gotō played a recital with pianist Özgür Aydin.

***11

Midori in Dallas: Experimental Beethoven, Webern and Crumb

Bachtrack reviewer, 30th October

The Soundings concert series opened its season Tuesday evening at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, with violinist Midori and pianist Özgür Aydin. Although the series typically focuses more on contemporary music, Midori offered the program she’s been touring with in celebration of the 30th anniversary of her debut, and it did not disappoint.

***11

Estonian Festival Orchestra make Carnegie Hall debut with Arvo Pärt

David Wolfson, 23rd October

Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra don’t skirt all the pitfalls of a single-composer program in an all-Pärt evening at Carnegie Hall.

***11

Evergreen Mendelssohn from Midori and the Schleswig-Holstein FO

Mengguang Huang, 18th August

From Mendelssohn’s intimacy to Bruckner’s monumental scale, Eschenbach’s young orchestra reveals chamber-like sensitivity and steely discipline, with Midori’s interpretation standing as the evening’s emotional and artistic highlight.

***11

High-energy Dvořák in Prague

Frank Kuznik, 4th March

Eugene Tzigane and Midori join PKF – Prague Philharmonia for fresh takes on familiar classics.

****1

Cool Brahms from Midori and the Kansas City Symphony

Hilary Stroh, 26th March

A refined but unromantic rendition of Brahms' Violin Concerto by Midori following compelling account of Anna Clyne's This Midnight Hour and Debussy's La Mer.

***11

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Frank Kuznik

Frank Kuznik is the former Editor-in-Chief and Culture Editor of The Prague Post, Central Europe’s premier English-language weekly newspaper. He currently divides his time between Prague and his hometown in the US, Cleveland, where he covers northeast Ohio's dynamic classical music scene. In Prague he is an habitué of the Rudolfinum, National Theater, State Opera and other storied classical music venues, and an unabashed fan of Czech music.