MELBOURNE ¨C Aiko Goto is excited to be going home. The violinist has been a member of the Australian Chamber Orchestra since 1998 and it has been a while since she and her fellow musicians have visited Japan.
¡°We haven¡¯t played there since 2011,¡± she says. ¡°When I go back to Japan to visit family and play music festivals, my friends and family keep asking me, ¡®When is the ACO coming back to play for us?¡¯¡±
The orchestra isn¡¯t just headed back for a pair of performances, though. Goto and some of her colleagues ¡ª principal violinist Helena Rathbone, principal cellist Timo-Veikko Valve and principal double bassist Maxime Bibeau ¡ª will also be conducting a workshop at one of Goto¡¯s old schools.
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