Bonobo's Ark has been organising and promoting events since 1996 in the UK and Japan,

recorded and produced CDs and DVDs by Roger Cawkwell, HUMI, Geoff Leigh & Yumi Hara, Yumi Hara & Tony Lowe.

Bonobo's Ark has been supported by:  Japan 2001, the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation (London), JAPAN-UK150, the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation (Tokyo),  Hikone City Council (Shiga prefecture, Japan)

Bonobo's Ark concert series

25 April 1996 London, Helter Skelter, with David Appleton, Kirsteen Davidson Kelly (Piano Circus)

28 May 1996 London, Helter Skelter, with Clive Bell and Sylvia Hallett

01 July 1996 London, Helter Skelter, with Clive Bell and Alquimia

23 August 1996 London, Dolly Fossetts, with Alquimia

02 October 1996 London, Dolly Fossetts, with Clive Bell, John Edwards and Pete Radcliffe

17 November 1996 London, Dolly Fossetts, with John Bisset and Charles Hayward

22 December 1996 London, Dolly Fossetts, with John Edwards, Pete Radcliffe, Clive Bell and Kazuko Hohki

02 March 1997 London, Dolly Fossetts, with John White

08 April 1997 London, The Vortex, with David Appleton, Kirsteen Davidson Kelly, Alquimia, John Edwards and Pete Radcliffe

19 May 1997 London, Dolly Fossetts, with Tom Simenauer

21 July 1997 London, The Vortex, with John White and Gerry Hunt

15  September 1997 London, The Vortex, with Rob Storey and Nancy Ruffer

17 November 1997 London, The Vortex, with Jarmila Gorna

07 March 1998 London, The Swanfleet Centre, with Jarmila Gorna and Pete Radcliffe

05 June 1998 London, The Swanfleet Centre, with Anna Edwards and Gerry Hunt

10 August 1998 London, The Vortex, with Wayne Urquhart

14 September 1998 London, The Vortex, with Pete Radcliffe

18 September 1999 London, Chats Palace, with Alquimia and Dennis Austin

Trio Japan UK Tour, part of Japan 2001

05 June 2001 London, City University

06 June 2001 London, The Daiwa Foundation Japan House

07 June 2001 London, British Music Information Centre

supported by Japan 2001

HUMI (Hugh Hopper & Yumi Hara Cawkwell) improvisation workshop

(Hugh couldn't participate due to his illness)

29 June 2008 Tokyo, Studio UEN

supported by the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation (London)

Yumi Hara Cawkwell Japan Tour 2008

19 Nov 2008 Tokyo, Flying Teapot with Akira Sakata, Tatsuya Yoshida

21 Nov 2008 Tokyo, Flying Teapot solo

23 Nov 2008 Shiga, Sakedelic Space Shuyukan with Akira Sakata, taiqui

24 Nov 2008 Shiga, Sakedelic Space Shuyukan WORKSHOP with taiqui

27 Nov 2008 Osaka, Bar Soft Machine

28 Nov 2008 Nagoya, Cafe Parlwr with Ryoko Ono

Akira Sakata UK Tour 2009

8 March 2009 London, Cafe OTO, audience participatory performance by Akira Sakata, Yumi Hara Cawkwell and Asaf Sirkis

12 March 2009 London, Cafe OTO, audience participatory performance by Akira Sakata, Yumi Hara Cawkwell and Charles Hayward

in collaboration with Cafe OTO, supported by JAPAN-UK150

Geoff Leigh & Yumi Hara Cawkwell Japan Tour 2009

June-July 2009, workshop and performance in Tokyo and Omi Hachiman, Japan

in collaboration with Sakedelic Space Shuyukan

supported by the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation (Tokyo)

Kaikoku Live 2010

December 2010 for the occasion of the 150th anniversary of opening of Japan

in collaboration with Kaikoku Live Committee

supported by the Hikone City Council, Shiga prefecture, Japan

For general enquiries: bonobosark 'at' yumiharacawkwell.co.uk