Diana Yukawa

Diana Yukawa (ダイアナ湯川, Daiana Yukawa) is a Japanese-born British solo violinist and composer. She has released four solo albums and one digital EP.

Diana Yukawa
ダイアナ湯川
Background information
Born (1985-09-16) 16 September 1985
Tokyo, Japan
GenresModern, electronic, classical/crossover
Occupation(s)Violinist, composer
LabelsSony, Longbody
Websitedianayukawa.com

Personal life

Yukawa was born in Tokyo, Japan, to English ballet dancer Susanne Bayly and Japanese banker Akihisa Yukawa one month after her father died in the 1985 Japan Airlines Flight 123 disaster.[1][2][3][4] Yukawa has lived in the United Kingdom since she was 2 months old and began learning violin when she was 5 years old.[2][5]

Because Diana was born after her father's death, his name was excluded from her British birth certificate until the High Court of England in March 2000 ruled that, under the laws of England and Wales, Diana and her pianist sister Cassie were also in the eyes of the law Akihisa's offspring.[2] The certificate was amended to include the name in June 2009.

Yukawa's brother-in-law is the actor Simon McBurney.[6][7]

Career

Yukawa has performed solo at The Royal Albert Hall, Hollywood Bowl, Wilderness Festival, Latitude Festival, St James Piccadilly, Cadogan Hall, the Khalifa Stadium[8] in Qatar, and at the 2012 New Year concert at Burj in Dubai.[9] she has supported Katherine Jenkins at Cheltenham Racecourse,[10] the Tivoli Festival,[11] the Place Des Arts in Montreal for Vincero.[12] opened a new music event, Jam Dubai,[13] headlined at Kenwood House Picnic Concerts on 7 August,[14] performed music from Halo at the Video Game Awards 2010,[15] and opened the FINA world swimming championship in Dubai.[16]

Yukawa has collaborated[17] with Nitin Sawhney, Jeff Beck, Paul Oakenfold, Japanese group Deen, Craig Armstrong and appeared on various PBS shows.[18]

Yukawa played during a memorial service for the Japan Airlines Flight 123 victims, including her father, on 12 August 2009.[19] The service included playing a piece of music she has composed for her father.

In 2015 Yukawa began collaborating with electronic artists John Foxx and Benge in a musical group named Ghost Harmonic.[20]

Discography
Solo
  • Elegy (AKA La Campanella) (September 2000); reached No. 1 in Japan
  • Concerto (August 2001)
  • The Butterfly Effect (October 2009)
  • Finding the Parallel (EP) (March 2013)
  • Spaces Between Shadows (February 2016)
  • Spirals (September 2022)
with Ghost Harmonic
  • Codex (25 May 2015)[21]

References
  1. Violinist Shirks off her tragic Image. The Japan Times. Archived 2009-08-19 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Looking up so tears won't fall Archived 14 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine. The Japan Times.
  3. Playing the Victim. Time.
  4. Air crash banker's girls win fight for his name. The Daily Telegraph.
  5. Allott, Serena (3 March 2001). "Unfinished Symphony". The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  6. Costa, Maddy (10 September 2010). "A life in theatre: Simon McBurney". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  7. Ward, David (8 March 2002). "Air crash payout after 17 years". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  8. Diana Yukawa at Khalifa Stadium Archived 23 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  9. Diana in concert for Dubai New Year 2012 Archived 16 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
  10. Diana Yukawa Supports Katherine Jenkins.
  11. Diana Confirmed for 2012 Tivoli Festival Archived 8 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
  12. Diana Yukawa performs at Vincero Archived 28 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  13. Diana Yukawa Opens Jam Dubai Archived 27 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
  14. Diana Yukawa Headlines Picnic Concerts Archived 28 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  15. Diana Yukawa Performs Halo Music at Video Game Awards Archived 28 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  16. Diana Yukawa Opens FINA World Swimming Championship Archived 28 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  17. Diana Yukawa Collaborations Archived 27 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  18. "Diana Yukawa PBS". Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  19. "Japan Airlines Flight 123: The crash that made outcasts of my children". The Daily Telegraph. 12 August 2009.
  20. Harris, Robin. "JOHN FOXX official website METAMATIC – News". metamatic.com.
  21. "Ghost Harmonic – Codex". Discogs. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
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