Yumi Hara's Diary:

I live in a country where I wasn’t born. I perform in countries where I am not living. I operate art music practice in a rock context. I bring improvisation into composition. I am a commuter and an outsider. I am a medium of sound. As I travel, sound travels.

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Circle

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Harpsicle 

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Clavichord 

Performers who have commissioned me were either women or gay men. Straight men have never directly commissioned me. I think this is why female composers have fewer opportunities.

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Cherry tree 

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The flower and the moon 

Is it going to be necessary to sell our ‘-ness’ forever? Will ‘deeply rooted’ to your ‘culture’ and ‘DNA’ always be requirements to ‘exotic’ looking people?

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Cherry trunk 

Diversity should mean that you could look any ethnicity and have an unmatched cultural background to what your name sounds like.

[Read the rest of the series here.]