News & Events
• 2024 •
MAY 16, 2024
World premiere at Carnegie Hall
The Knights, a NYC-based chamber orchestra, premiere a new arrangement by Michi of Rhapsody No. 2 by Jessie Montgomery. This work was originally for solo violin, and coincidentally originally commissioned and recorded by Michi for her solo album, Planetary Candidate!
MARCH 21-24, 2024
Big Ears Festival
Michi joins the Silkroad Ensemble and Rhiannon Giddens at Big Ears, a music festival in Knoxville, TN.
• 2023 •
DECEMBER 2023
A new “Chopiniana” for Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
New work for the Friction Quartet
DECEMBER 11, 2023
Michi’s Chaconne reimagining on the radio
A Far Cry’s performance of Michi’s Bach Chaconne shared on the SymphonyCast radio show, a two-hour weekly radio program hosted by Steve Seel.
NOVEMBER 5-18, 2023
Silkroad’s American Railroad Tour with Rhiannon Giddens
November 5 - George Mason University, VA
November 9 - Santa Barbara, CA
November 10 - San Diego, CA
November 11 - Aliso Viejo, CA
November 12 - Northridge, CA
November 15 - Stanford, CA
November 16 - Davis, CA
November 17 - Berkeley, CA
November 18 - Sonoma, CA
OCTOBER 19, 2023
California Festival Composer Reflections
As part of the inaugural California Festival, Michi joins a collection of contemporary composers reflecting on how California has inspired them in their creative practice, and shares her work, Meditation on a Century Plant for violin, electronics, and voice.
OCTOBER 14, 2023
Orpheus performs world premiere of Très Rythmé at Carnegie Hall
Performance of Michi’s reimagining of a movement from Ravel’s beloved string quartet, commissioned by Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
A Far Cry
In their program, “Reimagined,” A Far Cry performs Michi’s arrangement of J.S. Bach’s Chaconne in Jordan Hall at New England Conservatory in Boston, MA.
AUGUST 2, 2023
The Parker Quartet
Performance at the Polsky Theater in Overland Park, KS of Michi’s new work, Cosmic Visitation, commissioned by the Parker Quartet in celebration of their 20th season.
AUGUST 14-22, 2023
ACF’s Experimental Institute Season 2
A cohort of young artists and mentors will convene on the ACF hill for the second season of the Ei.
JULY 1, 2023
The 2023 Antenna Cloud Farm Music Walk
Antenna Cloud Farm brings its musical sparkle to venues throughout Turners Falls with a day-long festival of free concerts in collaboration with RiverCulture, and in support of the Nolumbeka Project.
JULY-AUGUST 2023
Antenna Cloud Farm summer festival season
Michi directs ACF’s 6th festival season with an array of diverse events.
JUNE 8-11, 2023
Ojai Music Festival
Michi gives a solo performance of Jessie Montgomery’s Rhapsody No. 2., and joins Rhiannon Giddens, Attacca String Quartet, and members of Silkroad Ensemble for an array of chamber concerts, including a performance of Giddens’ Omar’s Journey.
JUNE 5, 2023
Spoleto Festival USA
Commissioned in 2018 by the Aizuri Quartet with Kinan Azmeh, Michi’s clarinet quintet, Lullaby for the Transient, is performed by supergroup Todd Palmer, Benjamin Beilman, Alexi Kenney, Ayane Kozasa, and Paul Wiancko in Charleston, SC.
MAY 25, 2023
Brattleboro Music Center
Brattleboro Music Center performs Michi’s string quartet To Unpathed Waters, Undreamed Shores, as part of their EOS (Educate, Open, Strengthen) Project.
MAY 13, 2023
New England Repertory Orchestra
Performing as concertmaster, Michi joins NERO and maestro Cailin Marcel Manson for a performance at the Shea Theater Arts Center in Turners Falls/Great Falls, MA.
APRIL 13 & 14, MAY 18 & 19, 2023
Class visits and musical workshops at Orchard Gardens
Michi returns to Orchard Gardens, an arts-based K-8 Pilot School in Boston, to work with the music students in preparation for their end of year concert.
MARCH 22, 2023
Musical collaboration and performance with Yasmin Williams
Michi joins Yasmin Wiliams, William Tyler, and participants of the ACF Experimental institute for a concert on the Ecstatic Music Festival series in Merkin Hall, NY.
MARCH 2023
New work for Parker String Quartet
Michi creates a new work as part of The Beethoven Project, celebrating the quartet’s 20th anniversary.
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
New York premiere of 7 Kinships at Weill Hall.
Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect performs Michi’s new wind quartet.
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Philadelphia premiere of 7 Kinships at PCMS
Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect performs Michi’s new wind quintet at Philadelphia Chamber Music Society.
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
World premiere of 7 Kinships at Skidmore
Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect performs Michi’s new wind quartet in the Arthur Zankel Music Center at Skidmore.
JANUARY 13-16, 2023
The Experimental Institute Winter Retreat
Antenna Cloud Farm hosts a winter retreat for the 2022 summer cohort of the Ei.
• 2022 •
NOVEMBER 12, 2022
New England Repertory Orchestra
Performing as concertmaster, Michi joins NERO and maestro Cailin Marcel Manson for a performance at Clark University.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2022
Season Finale and new NEPM partnership
Antenna Cloud Farm presents vocalist, pianist, and songwriter Kamerin for its season finale concert, and also announces a new media partnership with New England Public Media.
AUGUST 15-28, 2022
Inaugural summer of Antenna Cloud Farm’s Experimental Institute
A radical new music cohort experience co-led with PaviElle French and Mazz Swift, in further collaboration with Ayane Kozasa, Judd Greenstein, and Gabriela Lena Frank.
JULY 8 & 9, 2022
Michi performs a show of all original electro-acoustic works for solo violin
The performance takes place as part of “Gravity Hill,” a two-night two-night festival featuring place-based installations and immersive audiovisual interventions, curated by artists Cori Cannavino and Stella Silbert, and co-presented by Hawks & Reed and Antenna Cloud Farm.
JULY 3, 2022
A musical town-takeover
Michi’s festival organization, Antenna Cloud Farm, presents The Music Walk, a day-long, village-wide festival, in support of Nolumbeka Project, a partner organization of ACF’s that supports and celebrates the histories, cultures, and persistence of Northeastern Indigenous Peoples.
MAY 22, 2022
Michi joins PaviElle French & Band
Performance of French’s evening-length work, The Sovereign Suite, at the Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul.
MAY 10, 2022
Gertie’s Kiss premiered at the Ordway Concert Hall in Saint Paul, MN.
The ensemble Accordo gives the world premiere of Michi’s new work Gertie’s Kiss, commissioned by The Schubert Club and performed live to a short film edited by Sarah Zahorodni.
APRIL 10, 2022
World premiere of Tyranny of Coordinates by Boston Chamber Music Society.
Michi’s new piece for piano quintet was performed by Jennifer Frautschi, Yura Lee, Dimitri Murrath, Raman Ramakrishnan, and Max Levinson in Harvard University’s Sanders Theater.
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
World premiere of Michi’s new short opera The Stream
Created in collaboration with librettist Sarah LaBrie, commissioned and produced by Cleveland Opera Theater, in collaboration with OnSite opera and Baldwin Wallace Conservatory.
JANUARY 2022
Boston Lyric Opera premiere
The BLO performs Michi’s piece, Capital of Non-Action (from 9 Death Haiku)
• 2021 •
DECEMBER 16-17, 2021
World Premiere of Are You You
Inspired by a Shantell Martin painting, Are You You was written for baroque string ensemble and harpsichord, commissioned and performed by CityMusic Cleveland.
OCTOBER 26-31, 2021
Michi’s arrangement of Geminiani’s La Follia Variations performed at American Ballet Theatre
La Follia Variations receives its New York stage premiere with the American Ballet Theatre.
OCTOBER 1-2, 2021
Island in the Sky performed by Sang Yoon Kim
Commissioned by The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Island in the Sky has its in-person premiere, performed by Sang Yoon Kim.
SEPTEMBER 24-26, 2021
Performance of To Unpathed Waters, Undreamed Shores
Salastina performs Michi’s newest quartet in their first concert of the 2021/2022 season.
SEPTEMBER 20-25, 2021
Residency at San Francisco Conservatory Music
Michi joins PaviElle French to workshop new orchestrations of French’s symphony, Sands of Time.
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
Release of Meditation on a Century Plant
Kono Michi’s new song was commissioned by Adult Swim and released by Adult Swim Singles.
• 2020 •
NOVEMBER 6-8, 2020
Collaboration with PaviElle French and The SPCO
Orchestrator for composer and singer PaviElle French in collaboration with The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Event and ticket info.
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
Planetary Candidate album release
New Amsterdam Records officially releases Planetary Candidate, an album of new compositions for solo violin commissioned and performed by Michi. Featuring title track ‘Planetary Candidate’ by Michi and original works by Christopher Adler, Paula Matthusen, Mark Dancigers, Jessie Montgomery, and William Brittelle.
AUGUST 6, 2020
World Premiere: To Unpathed Waters, Undreamed Shores
The Jupiter Quartet gives the (virtual) world premiere of Michi’s new string quartet, To Unpathed Waters, Undreamed Shores - a co-commission between Bay Chamber Concerts and Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.
JULY 11 & 12, 2020
Melissa Reardon performs Franklin
Melissa Reardon premiere’s Michi’s solo viola piece, Franklin, on the virtual music series, Open Space Music.
• 2019 •
DECEMBER 2019
New arrangements for Camerata Bern
Camerata Bern with internationally-acclaimed violinist/curator Patricia Kopatchinskaja and soprano Anna Prohaska premieres seven new arrangements by Michi.
JULY 27 THROUGH OCT 13, 2019
Antenna Cloud Farm 2019
Running from late-July through mid-October, the third season of Michi and Judd’s music festival and artists’ retreat, Antenna Cloud Farm, commences. Stay tuned for season announcement in May!
MAY 17-19, 2019
Michi’s first opera, Murasaki’s Moon
This new work premieres over the course of six performances at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Libretto by Deborah Brevoort, stage direction by Eric Einhorn. Co-commissioned by On Site Opera, MetLive Arts, and American Lyric Theater.
APRIL 11, 2019
Michi’s new solo violin album underway
Michi records an electro-acoustic solo violin album, featuring all-new works written for her by composers Mark Dancigers, Christopher Adler, Jessie Montgomery, Will Mason, William Brittelle, and Paula Matthusen.
APRIL 11, 13, 14 & 15, 2019
Two new world premieres on tour with the East Coast Chamber Orchestra
ECCO premieres two new Baroque re-imaginings (including the Bach Chaconne) by Michi as part of their East Coast Spring Tour in Philadelphia (4/11), Baltimore (4/13), Washington D.C (4/14)., and New York (4/15).
MARCH 22, 2019
Collaboration with singer-songwriter Emily Wells
Release of Emily Well’s spectacular new album, Thee World Is Too___ For You, featuring chamber arrangements by Michi, and featured on NPR’s New Music Friday Top 8 Albums.
MARCH 12, 2019
Creativity, culture, and improvisation at the Boston Conservatory
In April and May, Michi guest teaches a creativity class at Boston Conservatory at Berklee in collaboration with Preeti Vasudevan and Silkroad.
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
The Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music
Michi spends a week working with composers at the beautiful GLFCAM in Booneville, CA. Collaborators: violist Melissa Reardon and cellist Raman Ramakrishnan.
FEBRUARY 15, 2019
New Works for The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra premieres two new arrangements by Michi, and unveils a new work by innovative neo-soul singer, PaviElle French, orchestrated by Michi. Concerts take place between February 15-17.
JANUARY 8, 2019
Lullaby for Sol Lewitt, a string quartet by Laurie Anderson
Michi records a string quartet written by iconic artist and musician Laurie Anderson for Nonesuch Records. Collaborators: violinist Lara St. John, violist Kyle Armbrust, and cellist Rubin Kodheli.
• 2018 •
OCTOBER 14, 2018
Silkroad tour of Australia and Asia
Michi spends 2 weeks on a tour of Australia, China, Taiwan, and South Korea with Silkroad and Yo-Yo Ma.
AUGUST 4, 2018
Hollywood Bowl with Williams Brittelle’s Spiritual America
Performance of William Brittelle's Spiritual America in collaboration with Wye Oak, opening for Bon Iver at the Hollywood Bowl.
JUNE 30, 2018:
Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA
Michi collaborates with this esteemed theater company as musical curator, composer, and performer.
JUNE 1, 2018
World premiere of Michi’s work, Lullaby for the Transient
Performed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art by the Aizuri Quartet and clarinetist Kinan Azmeh.
APRIL 18, 2018
Collaboration with National Geographic photographer
"Andvord" at Amherst College: an original live score for looped violin set to a film on Antarctica created by National Geographic photographer Maria Stenzel.
JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 2018
Solo violin recital
Michi performs solo recitals of original works for violin and loop pedal in California and Vermont.
• 2017 •
NOVEMBER 16, 2017
Collaboration with Emily Wells on SPCO’s Liquid Music series
Performance of Michi’s arrangements of music by Emily Wells for Emily, Michi, Greg Fox, and musicians of the SPCO on the Liquid Music Series in Minneapolis.
JULY 8, 2017
Introducing Antenna Cloud Farm!
Inaugural week of Antenna Cloud Farm - a music festival and artists' retreat founded and curated by Michi along with her husband, Judd Greenstein.
MAY 28, 2017
Recording a new Steve Reich work for Nonesuch Records
Michi joins the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) to record new work by Steve Reich ("Pulse") for Nonesuch Records.
APRIL 30, 2017
Celebrating Steve Reich’s 80th birthday
Michi performs with new music ensemble Alarm Will Sound for Steve Reich’s 80th birthday celebration at NYC's Symphony Space.
APRIL 21, 2017
World Premieres and a tour with East Coast Chamber Orchestra
East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO) in Philadelphia (PCMS) and National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. World premieres of Chris Theofanidis' A Thousand Cranes.
MARCH 23, 2017
Touring Abu Dhabi with Silkroad
Michi embarks on a tour with Silkroad and Yo-Yo Ma in Harvard, Andover, and Abu Dhabi.
MARCH 3, 2017
New music with Infinite Palette in Palm Springs
Performance at Palm Springs Art Museum with William Brittelle, Missy Mazzoli, and Daniel Wohl, curated by Kate Nordstrum and Infinite Palette.
JANUARY 22, 2017
New music with pianist Michael Mizrahi
Performance with pianist and frequent collaborator Michael Mizrahi at Rockwood in NY.
JANUARY 6, 2017
Layla and Majnun
Performances of Layla and Majnun with Azerbaijani national treasures, mugham singer Alim Qasimov, Mark Morris Dance Group, and Silkroad at Dartmouth.
• 2016 •
NOVEMBER 14, 2016
Asia tour with Silkroad
Michi embarks on a tour of China, Korea, and Taiwan with Yo-Yo Ma and Silkroad.
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
Celebrating Steve Reich’s 80th birthday at Carnegie Hall
Performance at Steve Reich 80th Birthday and World Premiere with the International Contemporary Ensemble at Carnegie Hall.
AUGUST 31, 2016
New music by William Brittelle
Performance with Jenn Wasner, William Brittelle, and the String Orchestra of Brooklyn at Le Poisson Rouge in NY.
MAY 13, 2016
The East Coast Chamber Orchestra
ECCO performs World Premiere of new work by Pierre Jalbert in Philadelphia (PCMS).
MARCH 24, 2016
Tour with pianist Michael Mizrahi
Solo and duo performances with Michael Mizrahi at National Sawdust in NY, Constellation in Chicago, and The Arts Block in Greenfield, MA.
FEBRUARY 11, 2016
World Premiere of Michi’s work at National Sawdust
Sybarite 5 performs my quintet, Blue Bouree, at National Sawdust in NY.
JANUARY 11, 2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Michi and friends perform with EL VY on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, showcasing her own arrangement of their song, Return to the Moon.
JANUARY 9, 2016
David T. Little’s opera, Dog Days
Michi joins Newspeak for performances of Dog Days, a critically-acclaimed opera by David T. Little as part of the Prototype Festival in NY.