
As an internationally acclaimed Japanese violinist and composer, who first performed solo at the age of 12 in Zurich, Midori Komachi has performed widely across Europe and Japan as both a classical and experimental artist. In 2021 she composed and performed the music for Kengo Kuma’s ‘Bamboo Ring: Weaving into Lightness’ installation in Milan Design Week, and she has now created this music for ‘Paper Clouds: Materiality in Empty Space’, the 2025 Japan Pavilion by Sekisui House - Kuma Lab for London Design Biennale, also curated by Clare Farrow Studio. She is wearing the Washi paper dress designed for the project, inspired by traditional Japanese armour detail, but turning metal into paper.