[ Sony Classical / CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Monday 10 April 1989
Midori Goto, born October 25, 1971) who performs under the mononym Midori, is a Japanese-born American violinist. 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 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
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35