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  Midori - Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Midori received two prestigious awards in the Fall of 2001: the coveted Avery Fisher Prize, which is bestowed on established artists in recognition of their career accomplishments and comes with a $50,000 cash award, and the “Instrumentalist of the Year” award from Musical America, the bible of the music industry.
Midori devotes a significant part of each season to her work with Midori and Friends, the non-profit organization that provides music education (including instrument instruction and general music instruction), workshops and concerts to children who might not otherwise have the opportunity for involvement in the arts.
Midori was born in Osaka, Japan, in 1971 and began studying the violin with her mother, Setsu Goto, at a very early age.
www.sonyclassical.com /artists/midori/bio.html   (1360 words)

  
 Midori no Hibi ep.11 | Memento
Midori's request is simple: she simply wants Seiji to tell her that he loves her even if he doesn't mean it.
Midori is disappointed at this and Seiji wonders why he can't say the word to Midori, especially since he's said it so easily to all of those girls whom rejected him back when he was desperate for a date.
Midori's mother, however, tells Kouta that since normal medicine can't help her, she is willing to try anything to help Midori.
www.designchronicle.com /memento/archives/midori_no_hibi_ep11.html   (1959 words)

  
  Midori & Friends - Midori   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Midori’s time is increasingly taken up with five outreach organizations she has founded to address an issue she believes to be of crucial and ever-growing importance: access.
Midori feels passionately that people must have access to a variety of great music, regardless of their age, race, social class, geographic location, or financial means.
Midori was born in Osaka, Japan, in 1971 and began studying the violin with her mother, Setsu Goto, at a very early age.
www.midoriandfriends.org /midori.htm   (1510 words)

  
 All Things Strings: Midori
The Midori phenomenon was pushed up a notch in 1986 when she broke not one, but two violin strings during a performance with the Boston Symphony at the Tanglewood Music Center, under the baton of Leonard Bernstein.
Critics have even begun to suggest that Midori's performances have taken on a rich new vitality and energy over the last few years, revealing a sense of lyricism and personality that was, perhaps, sometimes absent amidst the strict, interpretation-free specificity of her early playing.
Midori is now working on her master's thesis, a research paper dealing with children and physical pain.
www.stringsmagazine.com /issues/strings104/coverstory.html   (2102 words)

  
 Kennedy Center: Biographical information for Midori
As Midori embarks on her 24th season before the public, the focus of her energies is increasingly drawn to the five community engagement organizations she has founded both in the U.S. and Japan, while maintaining an ambitious concert schedule on four continents.
Midori's time is increasingly taken up with five outreach initiatives she has established to address an issue she believes to be of crucial and ever-growing importance: access.
Midori feels passionately that people must have access to a variety of great music, regardless of their age, race, social class, geographic location, or financial means.
www.kennedy-center.org /calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entity_id=3468&source_type=A   (1774 words)

  
 Figure Skating: Midori Ito, A Biography
Midori and her coach decided to replace the triple Axel combination with an easier triple Lutz combination.
Midori retired from amateur skating after the 1992 Olympic's, going professional, winning or placing high in several professional competions including winning the World Professional championship in 1993 (where she became the first, and so far only, woman to perform a Triple Axel in a professional competition).
Midori even had the great honor of being the one to light the Olympic Cauldron in the opening ceremonies.
www.mountaindragon.com /midori/mibio.htm   (1152 words)

  
 Midori Goto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Midori Goto (五嶋 みどり; Gotö Midori) (born October 25, 1971 in Osaka) is a Japanese violinist.
Midori gave her first public performance at the age of six, playing a piece from the 24 Caprices of Paganini.
In 1992, she formed Midori and Friends, a non-profit organisation that aims to share music with children who are less fortunate in city schools.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Midori_Goto   (668 words)

  
 Midori
Midori's 2002-03 season begins with an energetic schedule of European summer festival appearances, in which she will perform either in recital with pianist Robert McDonald or as soloist with orchestra, including concerts at Aldeburgh, Schleswig-Holstein, Rheingau, Stresa, Amsterdam and Ludwigsburg.
Midori devotes a significant part of each season to her work with Midori and Friends, a non-profit organization that provides comprehensive music education (including instrument instruction and general music instruction), workshops and concerts to children who might not otherwise have the opportunity for involvement in the arts.
Midori’s account of the Sibelius Violin Concerto opus 47 with Hans Vonk conducting the mighty St Louis Symphony Orchestra was one of those memorable occasions to witness sheer artistic genius.
www.ehrsamproductions.com /archive/inter/artist/midori.html   (2062 words)

  
 Midori - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Midori (author), a prominent fiction and non-fiction writer, speaker, and educator on human sexuality and alternative sexual practices.
Midori is a minor character in the Naruto anime and manga series; see List of characters in Naruto#Midori.
Midori, Chiba, a ward in the city of Chiba in Japan.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Midori   (229 words)

  
 Midori - violin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Midori's meteoric career took off that same year, when the 11-year-old was a surprise performer at the New York Philharmonic's New Year's Eve concert, conducted by Zubin Mehta.
As well, she is strongly committed to fostering a love of music in children and devotes a significant portion of each season to her work with the Midori Foundation, which she established in 1992 to bring music to schools in the United States and Japan.
Midori's young brother, RYU GOTO, played the first movement of Paganini's Violin Concerto No. 1 in 1997 at the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony's Christmas Pops concert when he was 9 years old.
www.sheilascorner.com /midori.shtml   (866 words)

  
 Midori Linux SourceForge Homepage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Midori is a software bundle that provides a build system and a runtime environment for small, Linux-based devices such as Internet appliances.
With Midori, we strive to create an execution environment that differs little from the standard kernel and software that you would run on your workstation, both in kernel-space and user-space.
Midori has a build and package management system that is designed for embedded software applications.
midori.sourceforge.net   (305 words)

  
 NPR: Performance Today -- Live in Studio 4A: Midori   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Heralded as one of the world's foremost violinists, Midori consistently seeks to share herself and her artistry, both on and off the concert stage.
Midori has also collaborated with such eminent artists as Zubin Mehta (who has been an important figure in her career), Claudio Abbado, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Daniel Barenboim, Leonard Bernstein, Sir Colin Davis, Yo-Yo Ma, Kurt Masur, Sir Simon Rattle, Isaac Stern and Pinchas Zukerman.
Midori was born in Osaka, Japan, in 1971 and began studying with her mother, Setsu Goto, at a very early age.
www.npr.org /programs/pt/4a/midori.html   (481 words)

  
 Midori Melon Liqueur long-drink recipes: 20+ appetizing drink recipes.
Shake midori, lemon juice and lime juice with ice, and pour into a highball glass filled with ice.
Pour midori into a highball glass, add sweet and sour until three-quarters full, and fill with sprite.
Pour the Midori melon liqueur, strawberry liqueur and banana liqueur into a cocktail shaker one-third filled with ice cubes.
www.drinksmixer.com /cat/1054   (460 words)

  
 Midori Snyder—A Brief Biography
Midori Snyder is the daughter of a French poet who taught in the field of Contemporary African Literature and an American scholar of Ethnomusicology who played in Japanese Gagaku ensembles, Gamelon orchestras, and finally settled in the field of Tibetan popular opera.
Midori, her husband Stephen, and their two children (Carl and Taiko) then spent a year living in Milan, Italy.
In addition to writing, Midori is a partner in the Endicott Studio, the Associate Editor of the Journal of Mythic Arts; and webmistress of the Scuttlebutt section of the web site.
www.endicott-studio.com /bios/biomidori.html   (642 words)

  
 Midori's Days - Review - Anime News Network   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Midori's Days isn't exactly going to transform shounen romantic comedy, but with the genre having fallen into a fanservice-induced stupor, a work that's this charming and clever is sure to make readers sit up and take notice.
Once the dynamics between Seiji and Midori are established, studious schoolgirl Takako Ayase—who normally can't stand Seiji—finds herself drawn to him ever since he "injured" his hand and toned down the tough-guy act.
Midori's Days may be too cutesy or out-there for some readers, but the ingenuity and craft that went into it is undeniable.
www.animenewsnetwork.com /review/midori's-days   (1451 words)

  
 Midori and Friends   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The film, Midori and Friends, shows us the impact that Midori's music has on her audience.
In the film, violinist Pinchus Zukerman describes the experience of listening to Midori: "We are listening to her soul and that is the connection we have with Midori." Have students discuss how they feel about the music they hear.
While we learned a lot about Midori in the film, there are many facts about Midori that the film did not reveal.
www.ovationtv.com /artszone/teachers/midori.html   (1175 words)

  
 Rancho MIrage Restaurants - Midori in Rancho Mirage California   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
As Midori means a “green place” in Japanese, the restaurant is painted a cool apple green with smart charcoal accents.
Midori’s well-trained sushi chefs know how to entice first-time sushi eaters, as well as when to take experienced sushi lovers on new adventures.
Midori’s full menu of authentic Japanese cuisine includes a variety of noodle specialties, steamed dishes, tempuras, kazus or cutlets, and entrées don style, served over rice.
www.palmspringslife.com /media/Palm-Springs-Life/Dine-Out/Great-Restaurants/MIDORI/index.php   (450 words)

  
 Sensors MIdori Precisions co.,ltd
MIDORI moved to a new facility in western Tokyo in June 2001.
MIDORI, with its ISO 9001 certified quality control system, offers position sensing solutions essential to the aerospace, automotive construction, marine, off-road machinery, manufacturing automation and medical equipment industries around the world and continues to provide quality and service to none in its industry.
MIDORI AMERICA CORP. was established in 1988, as a sales representative in area of USA, CANADA, SOUTH AMERICA, and we have our sole distributors in every major area of the world, they provide diverse range of fully to support customers.
www.midori.co.jp /70english.html   (321 words)

  
 Midori
Midori's is the best Japanese exemplar locally of the seemingly paradoxical elegant-homey juxtaposition, with great food to boot.
Midori's décor is quite striking and artistic, with a purple, green, and fl color theme.
Yet, despite the elegance, the place retains its homey, comfortable feel—it's partly the friendly, family-run atmosphere; partly the few down-toearth elements, such as the small deli-like glass display case and the intrusion of a pantrylike area into the visible space;...
www.twinix.com /lunch/midori.htm   (1412 words)

  
 Midori's Days
Midori Days, known in Japan as Midori no Hibi (Áæéȍ•„ÅÆÊó•„ÄÖ, Days of Midori) is a 85-chapter manga and 13-episode anime series created by Kazurou Inoue (‰šï‰äÂíåÈÉé).
He was always in love with Midori, yet now he has a new found 'respect' for Sawamura.
Amazed by their connection, he later plots to capture Seiji so he can show Midori to the medical community and gain fame from his findings.
www.sfcrowsnest.com /scifinder/a/Midori27s_Days.php   (955 words)

  
 Advanced Earth Observation Satellite-II "Midori II"(ADEOS-II)
Midori II was launched by the H-II launch vehicle in December 14, 2002.
Midori II is equipped with two sensors: the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR), which, day and night, can observe geographical parameters related to water; and the Global Imager (GLI), which can extensively and accurately observe oceans, land and clouds.
After an anomaly was detected in the "Midori-II" satellite on October 25, 2003, JAXA found that the possibility of restoring operations of the Midori-II was extremely slim as a result of its investigation, analysis, and inability to re-establish any communication with the satellite as of Oct. 31, 2003.
www.jaxa.jp /projects/sat/adeos2/index_e.html   (196 words)

  
 ARTSZONE: Midori and Friends   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
She'll be 30 in 2001, and her concert career has taken her around the world.
But Midori is truly noteworthy in her efforts to use music to change the lives of others.
Midori gives concerts at schools and brings other professional musicians to schools to inspire and teach inner-city youngsters.
www.ovationtv.com /artszone/programs/midori   (154 words)

  
 Midori Organdy Ribbons
Made in Japan, Midori organdy ribbon is woven fabric, made using vintage shuttle looms, which are both old fashioned and slow, but create the lightest, strongest, most supple weave possible.
The threads used in organdy are finer than the hair on your head, and skilled artisans must hand wrap their looms one thread at a time in preparation for weaving.
For a complete selection of fine ribbon and paper by Midori, please visit Beaucoup Ribbon.
www.beau-coup.com /midori_ribbon.htm   (318 words)

  
 Midori   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Midori Ito was born on August 13, 1969 in her hometown of Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
After the 1992 Olympics, Midori decided to retire from amateur skating but in June 1995, she became an amateur skater again.
She had the honor of lighting the Olympic Cauldron in the Opening Ceremonies and she is a commentator for the skating events for Japanese television.
www.mcps.k12.md.us /schools/forestknollses/projects/olympics/midori.html   (213 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Midori ~ Encore!: Music: Fritz Kreisler,Niccolo Paganini,Christoph Willibald Gluck,Cesar Cui,Grazyna ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In contrast, Midori employs extensive use of rubato and varying bow strokes and varying vibrato speeds to bring out a whole new dimension in the praeludium.
Bell is once again technically exact and plays like a robot, whereas Midori lowers the dynamics and uses a short bowstroke for the A-E double stops, and lengthens bow strokes to produce a fuller sound on the D-G double stops.
I had no trouble connecting with the artist, because the wonderful collaboration of her present husband Robert McDonald and Midori herself, had a great bonding affect into the violin and piano parts.
www.amazon.com /Midori-~-Encore-Fritz-Kreisler/dp/B0000028N1   (1155 words)

  
 YouTube - Midori Ito Montage - Riverdance
This is a montage about Midori Ito set to the music of "Riverdance." It's a chronology of her career and then it flashes back to all the great moments she gave us.
Midori Ito figure skating montage Riverdance Lord of the dance ice jump axel 1980s 1988 1992 1996 1989 1990 1991 1993 (more) (less)
Midori Ito & Viktor Petrenko pair Ex 1990
www.youtube.com /?v=YXVoFnItew4   (196 words)

  
 The Webtender: Midori melon liqueur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Midori is a bright green, sweet Japanese honeydew melon flavored liqueur produced by Suntory.
Midori was launched in the United States in 1978, at New York's famous Studio 54 Nightclub.
Today, Midori can be found in more than 30 countries around the world, with Australia as the currently most successful market.
www.webtender.com /db/ingred/146   (126 words)

  
 Midori   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Midori ribbon has been long sought out for it's translucent beauty.
Midori has a soft, supple texture, woven edge, and does not wrinkle easily.
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www.romanticflowers.com /midori_colors.html   (111 words)

  
 Extratasty - Recipes tagged midori
Prepare in a punch bowl or any bowl 5lt+, a few cups of ice, 700ml of Midori melon liqueur,...
Mix one part of midori (or equivalent melon liqueur) with one part orange juice.
Pour the chilled sake, Midori melon liqueur and Vodka into a shaker full of ice.
extratasty.com /recipes/tagged/midori   (263 words)

  
 Midori Days DVD 3 - Review - Anime News Network   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
While Takako tries to work up the nerve to confront Seiji about her feelings, Midori's childhood friend Kouta (Kota in the subtitles) tries to work up the courage to confront Seiji and ask that he visit Midori, under the belief that Seiji is the prince who can awaken the sleeping Midori with a kiss.
Meanwhile the pint-sized Midori blissfully continues on as Seiji's right hand and Midori's mother desperately consults any spiritualist she can find for a way to wake Midori.
Midori is not as overwhelmingly cute at full size as she is in her pint-sized version, but she is appealing enough, and most of the other character designs are fine.
www.animenewsnetwork.com /review/midori-days/dvd-3   (1484 words)

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