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Midori

1971 - Today

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Midori Goto (五嶋 みどり, Gotō Midori; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2024). Midori is the 2,238th most popular musician (down from 1,965th in 2024), the 2,056th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,588th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Japanese Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Midori ranks 2,238 out of 3,175. Before her are Tom Paxton, Kai Hahto, Fenriz, John Evan, Heath, and Des'ree. After her are Michael Clarke, Tyler Joseph, Mahmood, Tom Chaplin, Sylvain Sylvain, and Guy Fletcher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Midori ranks 409. Before her are Thomas Adès, Mary Joe Fernández, Vitālijs Astafjevs, Sebastian Fitzek, Oscar Camenzind, and Fenriz. After her are Stefano Baldini, Kenneth Choi, Jeff Monson, Ana Ortiz, Ricardo, and Mary Lynn Rajskub.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Midori ranks 2,056 out of 6,245. Before her are Rie Yamaki (1975), Jared Taylor (1951), Yukari Tamura (1978), Etsuko Handa (1965), Nobuhiro Takeda (1967), and Heath (1968). After her are Saiko Takahashi (1976), Koichi Nakazato (1973), Kenji Honnami (1964), Daimaou Kosaka (1973), Noriko Baba (1977), and Shunsuke Mori (1994).

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Among MUSICIANS In Japan

Among musicians born in Japan, Midori ranks 34. Before her are Tomoyasu Hotei (1962), Keiko Matsui (1961), Naomi Munakata (1955), Hiromi Uehara (1979), Tsunku (1968), and Heath (1968). After her are Taiji (1966), Yasunori Mitsuda (1972), Pata (1965), Sugizo (1969), Chisato Moritaka (1969), and Cornelius (1969).

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