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My Take
Born in Osaka and carving out a serious career in the heart of European classical music — Midori Seiler grew up in Salzburg, trained in Basel, and has led the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin as concertmistress since 2000, which is no small thing: that's the person the entire string section looks to, the one who sets the tone before the conductor even raises a baton. And speaking of batons, she conducts too, which tells you she thinks about music architecturally, not just as a performer. She also teaches at the university level, which means she's actively shaping the next generation. Decades of period-instrument craft, from reconstructing a Bach concerto on record to pairing Vivaldi's Four Seasons with contemporary dance, add up to what I'd call quiet authority. That Osaka-to-Europe arc must have demanded an enormous amount of conviction early on, and clearly it paid off.
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Overview
Midori Seiler (born 18 February 1969 in Osaka) is a German-Japanese violinist specialising in baroque and classical music, the daughter of the German pianist Ernst Seiler and the Japanese pianist Mie Kogiso. She grew up in Salzburg and studied in Basel, joined the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin in 1991 and has been its concertmistress since 2000. She taught baroque violin at the Liszt School of Music Weimar from 2010 to 2013 and has been professor of baroque violin at the Mozarteum University Salzburg since 2014, and she received the Saxon Mozart Prize in 2015.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Midori Seiler
- Name (Japanese)
- ミドリ・ザイラー
- Reading
- みどり・ざいらー
- Born
- February 18, 1969 (age 57)
- Origin
- Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
- Occupation
- Violinist / Music Educator / University Faculty / Concertmaster / Conductor
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Rooster
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Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Midori Seiler born?
Midori Seiler was born on February 18, 1969 and is 57 years old.
Where is Midori Seiler from?
Midori Seiler is from Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
What does Midori Seiler do?
Midori Seiler works as Violinist, Music Educator, University Faculty, Concertmaster, Conductor.
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