2012 New Years Eve at Burj Khalifa with Diana Yukawa

New Years Eve at the Burj Khalifa 2012 will see the extraordinary solo violinist Diana Yukawa take to the stage to see in the 2012 New Year for Dubai and the United Arab Emirates.

The modern violinist will be performing with the Grammy Award winning musical group Deep Forest, notorious for composing a style of world music, sometimes called ethnic electronica, mixing ethnic with electronic sounds and dance beats or chillout beats.

December 2011 / January 2012
The fireworks show gets underway on the stroke of midnight in what is likely to be the world’s highest pyrotechnic show. Thousands will be witnessing an extravagant fireworks display for the New Year from Dubai's Burj Khalifa building to ring in 2012, with many more expected to watch on television and online.
The Burj Khalifa (Khalifa Tower) is now by far the world's tallest building in the world standing at 829.84 m (2,722.57 ft) much taller than the previous record holder, Taipei 101 (1,666 ft).
Clad in 28,000 glass panels, the tower has 160 floors and more than 500,000 sq m of space for offices and flats. The tower also lays claim to the highest occupied floor, the tallest service lift, and the world's highest observation deck - on the 124th floor. The world's highest mosque and swimming pool are located on the 158th and 76th floors.
The Burj Dubai is now in the league of the most popular global New Year celebrations and Downtown Dubai will take centre stage and light up the Dubai skyline with an unprecedented and breathtaking ambience fused perfectly with a the performance by Diana Yukawa and Deep Forest.
The award winning solo violinist and songwriter has had 3 successful solo albums with Sony Music/BMG. Diana’s latest album “The Butterfly Effect”, featuring original music written by the violinist, comprises a new modern sound for the violin, far removed from her previous classical albums. But the violinist isn’t stopping there – Diana is back in the studio pushing the sound even further for her next album.
At only 26, Diana has led an extraordinary life. Born in Tokyo to an English ballet dancer and a Japanese banker just 3 weeks after the 1985 Japan Airlines disaster that took her father’s life, Diana has crossed cultural boundaries in her personal life and is pushing to cross even further in her professional life as a talented and much celebrated violinist and songwriter.
Its sure to be a busy and exciting year for the young violinist

2012 New Years Eve Burj Dubai

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Emeralds and Ivy with Diana Yukawa

Violinist Diana Yukawa has been asked to take to the stage for Ronan Keating and friends at the sixth annual Emeralds & Ivy Ball this December.
Singing sensation Leona Lewis will also take to the stage to perform some of her greatest hits in front of a showbiz audience at Supernova in Embankment Gardens, London.
This is one of London’s most prestigious and entertaining calendar events. Past guests have rubbed shoulders with Rod Stewart, Jon Bon Jovi, Sir Steve Redgrave and Jodie Kidd, and been treated to intimate performances including Gary Barlow, The Saturdays, Ronan Keating himself and soon revolutionary Violinist Diana Yukawa.
The Emeralds & Ivy Ball celebrates the partnership between Cancer Research UK and the Marie Keating Foundation and has raised an incredible £3.3 million since it began. All of the money raised on the night from the exclusive auctions will fund vital mobile Cancer Information Units travelling across the UK and Ireland.
The charity ball raised £730,000 for Cancer Research UK and the Marie Keating Foundation last year, helping to fund two mobile Cancer Awareness Roadshow units, staffed by specialist nurses and health advisors.
This year’s glittering list of celebrity guests includes Ronan Keating, Leona Lewis, James Corden, David Gandy, Kara Tointon, Rod Stewart, Penny Lancaster-Stewart, Alan Shearer, Sharon Corr, Sol Campbell, Michael Flatley and Gloria Hunniford.
Ronan Keating has chosen purpose-built venue Supernova in London's Embankment Gardens as the location for this December's Emeralds & Ivy event. The lucky guest can expect a exceptional bespoke show with epic visual from the talented violinist.
Saturday 3rd December, 7pm-2am at Supernova, Embankment Gardens, London.

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Diana Performs at Festival Of Thinkers 2011

The Violinist dazzled the audience with a surprise performance at Emirates Palace for the Festival of Thinkers 2011 gala dinner in Abu Dhabi.

Officially there as a guest of Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, the audience were treated by a very special, surprise solo performance by the young, revolutionary violinist.
The Festival of Thinkers conference in the United Arab Emirates is an opportunity to celebrate innovative ideas that inspire collaborative actions.
The Higher Colleges of Technology marked the start of its 40th National Day celebrations with the launch of its signature event - the 4th biennial Festival of Thinkers conference.
The Festival is dedicated to the ongoing celebration of the power and importance of thinking. It focuses on the role of scientists, academics, leaders and thinkers in the renewal and progress of human societies. That is, there will be a focus on their roles in generating ideas, solving problems, sustaining the environment, promoting health in the world’s communities and nurturing the values of global peace and understanding.
The modern violinist has been invited to the Festival of Thinkers conference every year since its conception, affirming Diana’s place as one of the best ambassadors representing the arts.

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Festival of Thinkers 2011

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Diana Yukawa Opens the Katie Piper Foundation - My Beautiful Ball

The Katie Piper Foundation hosted its first My Beautiful Ball at the Savoy Hotel in London on 1st September to raise funds for the Katie Piper charity.

Diana Yukawa opened the evening with a piece of music from her last album.

The violinist was extremely impressed by the dedication and courage by Katie Piper and her fellow ambassadors to help burns and scar victims.

Katie Piper is a beautiful young woman, rebuilding her life after surviving a brutal attack in 2008, where sulphuric acid was thrown in her face.

Katie Piper spent seven weeks in the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, before starting a two year stint where she wore a special plastic pressure mask for 23 hours of every day. Prior to the attack, Katie was a model and budding TV presenter with a hectic social life and a glowing future in the public eye. The attack ruined Katie from the inside out. Like many, she believed her life was over now that she was a ‘burns victim’.

Following pioneering surgery, led by Mr Mohammad Jawad FRCS, Katie was referred to Centre Ster in Lamalou-les-Bains, a specialist rehabilitation centre in France. This centre had a remarkable impact on her recovery, both mentally and physically. It was here, whilst interacting with other burns survivors, that she made the most progress in regaining control of her life.

The Katie Piper Foundation was set up to make a difference to burns survivors.

The Foundation is ultimately working towards the delivery of an advanced rehabilitation and burns clinic in the UK. This will in time, include residential facilities for patients, enabling them to benefit fully from treatments and from social interaction with other survivors.

The Violinist is very proud to have supported this charity along with other guests such as patron Simon Cowell and Leona Lewis.

If you are in a position to do so you can donate to the Katie Piper Foundation by going to the website.

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Japan We've Not Forgotten You Concert Opens With Diana Yukawa

Four chart topping Japanese pop musicians and a world renowned violinist, amongst other big names, will make a rare appearance in London on Tuesday 28th June 2011.
They will perform at a charity concert held at McQueen in Shoreditch which aims to send further financial aid to Japan, while also offering encouragement not only to the victims of the earthquake and tsunami, but also to Japanese in England and across the world.
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The pop artists are; Naomi Suzuki, an actress, singer and presenter from Japan who is also co-ordinating the event; Ayako Nakanomori, the former vocalist of NAKANOMORI BAND, one of Japan’s most successful girl-groups; the multi-million selling pop artist Yuki Koyanagi; and singer, actress (Spirited Away, Metal Gear Solid) and two time Japanese Academy Award nominee Mari Natsuki.
Additional to the big four Japanese pop singers will be award winning violinist Diana Yukawa, who will open the event. Her debut album entered the charts at number one in Japan and she recently supported Japan for a fundraising event at Nobu Restaurant in Mayfair, raising £500'000 for the Earthquake appeal.
The five will perform separately on the night, and the pop singers will unite to form a special unit to sing the charity single ‘HOME’, the CD of which will be given away free with every ticket. The lyrics to this song were partly composed over Twitter between Suzuki and a victim who had lost his house in the tsunami. “His words captured the feelings of the people affected in a way I never could,” says Suzuki. “We are together, no matter how far we are apart.” The story caught the attention of the Japanese media.
The backing band is also full of world renowned musicians, including Simply Red guitarist Kenji Kazuki, Grammy Award winner Simon Hale, perhaps Japan’s most recognised percussionist, Nobu Saito. Incognito drummer Durren Abraham and Harada Kuma who worked with Kate Bush,Van Morrison.
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Westminster Abbey Listens to Violinist for Japan Earthquake Memorial

Westminster Abbey, one of the most significant buildings in England echoed the beautiful sounds of Solo Violinist Diana Yukawa as she paid respect with a performance at The Great East Japan Earthquake Memorial Service.
In the presence of HRH The Duke of Gloucester, The Mayor of Westminster and HE Mr. Keiichi Hayashi, Ambassador of Japan together with some 2000 people at Westminster Abbey Diana performed Summer Elegy from her album The Butterfly Effect.
The Dean and Chapter of Westminster welcomed HRH The Duke of Gloucester, patron of the Japan Society as well as HE Mr Keiichi Hayashi, Ambassador of Japan, to Westminster Abbey for the time of remembrance for the earthquake that devastated the north-eastern coast of Japan, on 11 March 2011.

The service was conducted by the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster, and the Address was given by the Venerable Dr Michael Ipgrave, Archdeacon of Southwark. Mr Henry Bellingham MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office was also present.
A floral tribute was laid at the Innocent Victims’ Memorial during the Act of Remembrance. In addition to a prayer of commendation offered by the Dean, Buddhist monks from Nipponzan Myohoji offered prayers for the living and the dead.
The evening had a great balance of east meets west, perhaps most notably so with violinist Diana Yukawa being half British and half Japanese.
A retiring collection was taken in aid of the British Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal.
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Solo Violinist Back in the Studio

Following on from a world wind year that included appearance at some of the most prestigious events from the Summer Proms to supporting Katherine Jenkins, Diana Yukawa has returned to the studio to write once more. Currently working on new material, the young violinist will be pushing the boundaries of her previous work, moving towards more modern sounds that really demonstrate the violins beauty and versatility.

At only 25 years of age, award winning solo violinist Diana Yukawa released two albums with BMG Japan before signing to Sony Music Japan as an international artist to release the third. Yukawa teamed up with world-renowned producer, Andy Wright (Massive Attack, Jeff Beck), to work on 2009’s “The Butterfly Effect”, an album that saw her inject a modern twist and sparkling originality into the classical strings of the violin.

Due for a 2011 release, Diana’s next album will see the young protégé return with an even fresher, more invigorating approach to inspiringly original material. We can only expect that Diana’s experiments with a more modern sound will yield harmonies that are just as, if not more, sumptuous and thrilling than her critically acclaimed discography.

The solo violinist will also be embarking on an array of exciting collaborations for her forthcoming effort, from multi-instrumentalists and renowned composers to guest vocalists. All of whom will help the violinist create the evocative and beautifully crafted sweeping melodies that she has become famous for.

The musician is looking forward to returning for the festival season next year accompanied by fresh material to delight the crowds. Watch this space… exciting things are about to happen.

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