SENDAI--World-renowned musician Ryuichi Sakamoto felt an irresistible pull to a damaged piano at a school building in the northeastern prefecture of Miyagi. The building was rendered unusable by the ...

There’s something unexpectedly inspiring — and somehow moving — about seeing Ryuichi Sakamoto put a plastic bucket over his head to better hear the rainfall against it. In the documentary Coda: ...

Late Oscar-winning Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto was celebrated at the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday with the Out Of Competition premiere of concert film Opus. The moving black-and-white work ...

The complete list of collaborators attached to pianist/composer/modern day Renaissance man Ryuichi Sakamoto could easily fill the space reserved for a full-length review. The short list includes Brian ...

On December 11, 2022, Ryuichi Sakamoto's solo piano performance will be streamed in the form of a concert. However, what we will experience that day is carefully recorded footage of Sakamoto ...

Ryuichi Sakamoto has shared a new concert film called Playing the Piano for the Isolated. You can watch it above. The video, which has a runtime of almost two hours, is divided into a number of parts, ...

A ravaged high school piano, soaked by the tsunami, sat stoically after the Great East Japan Earthquake. Renowned musician Ryuichi Sakamoto came across it when visiting the disaster area. The sounds ...

Ryuichi Sakamoto is hunched over a grand piano, wearing a black suit and his customary tortoiseshell eyeglasses. The room around him is drenched in darkness, with no other textures visible but the ...

Pioneering Japanese composer, producer, and pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto, who was among the first to bring electronic production into popular music consciousness, has died at 71. "He lived with music ...

The New Year kicks off with an array of star-studded events, including a much-awaited tour by Academy Award-winning artist Ryuichi Sakamoto on Sunday. The Seoul Arts Center recital marks the ...

Ryuichi Sakamoto has launched an online store dedicated to selling piano sheet music for his compositions. The store was launched last month, and scores were this week added for his composition for ...