Appeal in support of Yoichi Usami

Yoichi Usami is a musician, composer and eurythmist from Japan.

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In cooperation with the Quo Vadis Impresariat in Vienna (AT), Friederike Schinagl of the Kunstplanbau Association (DE), invited Usami to attend the art symposium Long Night of Religions in Berlin (DE) (held under the motto «Water of Life») and perform on 15 June 2019 in the St Matthew’s Church. The main focus of the performance was on Anthroposophy and Eurythmy.

When Yoichi Usami began rehearsing in St Matthew's Church on 12 June, he unexpectedly collapsed at the altar. He had emergency surgery in the same night in Berlin's Charité Hospital. A large aneurysm was found in his head and it seems almost miraculous that he has survived. Yoichi Usami has been paralyzed on one side ever since. On 12 July he returned to Japan where he is now in rehabilitation.

The treatment in Germany comes to 50,000 Euros. The Japanese health insurance will pay, if anything, only 70 per cent of that. Donations are also sought for covering his complementary treatment with acupuncture, Hauschka massage and eurythmy therapy. The treatment in the first six months is particularly important.

Yoishi Usami was born in Fukuoka, Japan, in 1953. He studied marine biology and worked in fish farming for ten years. During that time he also improvised on piano and flute for various dancers. In 1991 Yoichi Usami began to work as a eurythmist in various stage groups. He taught eurythmy at the Musikseminar in Hamburg (DE) and at Alpha eurythmy school in Yokohama (JP) and was professor of art at the Sojo University in Kumamoto (JP).

In recent years he performed at the Goetheanum and in 2019 in Stuttgart (DE).

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