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Ryuichi SAKAMOTO

Musician

Ryuichi Sakamoto made his debut in 1978 with the album "The Thousand Knives" as well as joining the internationally acclaimed, YMO (Yellow Magic Orchestra). After YMO broke up (the band officially called it 'spread-out'), he composed the music score for many feature films. While he gained worldwide stature by winning the Academy Award as a composer, he has always pursued innovative music and sounds. In 2006 he established "commmons", aimed at the creation of a new music community. He is always casting about for new forms for delivering music. Following his 1999 opera "LIFE", Sakamoto became outspoken on the issues of the environment, peace, and social issues. In reaction to the simultaneous terrorist attacks of 9/11, he edited an anthology Hisen (Non-war). That same year he founded "artists' power", an artists' organization that advocates the encouragement and use of renewable energy. After the devastating earthquake, tsunami, and Fukushima nuclear power plants disasters of March 11, 2011, Sakamoto along with Tomoyasu Hirano founded kizunaworld.org. "kizunaworld" aims to empower individuals to get involved with helping afflicted people through donations without aligning with any agency or organization. As a gift for the donations, donators are able to download exclusive material from a diverse cast of prominent artists, with more being continuously added. Ryuichi Sakamoto resides in New York City.

Related Events

  • Saturday, September 17 — Sunday, December 25, 2022

  • Saturday, September 17 — Sunday, December 25, 2022

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani + YCAM

    ART–ENVIRONMENT–LIFE 2021

    Friday, October 8, 2021 — Sunday, January 30, 2022

  • Forest Symphony

    Saturday, October 3 — Saturday, 31, 2020 Sunday, November 1 — Sunday, December 6, 2020

  • water state 1

    Saturday, October 3 — Sunday, December 6, 2020

  • Event related to ART–ENVIRONMENT–LIFE

    Special Live Concert

    Sunday, January 5, 2014

  • Event related to ART–ENVIRONMENT–LIFE

    Artist Talk

    Sunday, January 5, 2014

  • Event related to LIFE–WELL Installation

    LIFE–WELL Installation Live

    Saturday, November 2, 2013

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto New Installation Exhibition

    ART–ENVIRONMENT–LIFE

    Friday, November 1, 2013 — Sunday, March 2, 2014

  • Mansai Nomura + Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani Noh Collaboration

    LIFE–WELL

    Tuesday, October 22, 2013

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani New Installation Exhibition

    LIFE–WELL Installation

    Sunday, October 20 — Monday, November 4, 2013

  • Event related to YCAMDOMMUNE

    YCAMDOMMUNELIVE

    Saturday, July 27, 2013

  • THE OPENING LIVE CONCERT

    Friday, July 26, 2013

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto + YCAM InterLab New Installation Exhibition

    Forest Symphony

    Friday, July 26 — Thursday, October 31, 2013

  • Event related to Stifters Dinge

    Sunday, July 14, 2013

  • Friday, December 21, 2012

  • Time Travel to 2050: The Musical Visions of Debussy and Cage

    Wednesday, August 1, 2012

  • The Future of Art and Environment as seen from the Year 2050

    Friday, December 16, 2011

  • Event related to LIFE—fluid, invisible, inaudible...

    Artist Talk

    Sunday, March 11, 2007

  • Event related to LIFE—fluid, invisible, inaudible...

    Laptop Concert

    Saturday, March 10, 2007

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani New Installation Exhibition

    LIFE—fluid, invisible, inaudible...

    Saturday, March 10 — Monday, May 28, 2007

  • Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto Concert

    insen

    Sunday, October 22, 2006

Released Works

  • LIFE―fluid, invisible, inaudible... Ver.2

    2013 Installation

    Ryuichi SAKAMOTO+Shiro TAKATANI

    Under construction

  • water state 1

    2013 Installation

    Ryuichi SAKAMOTO+Shiro TAKATANI

    Under construction

  • LIFE–WELL

    2013 Performing Arts

    Mansai NOMURA+Ryuichi SAKAMOTO+Shiro TAKATANI

    Under construction

  • LIFE–WELL Installation

    2013 Installation

    Ryuichi SAKAMOTO+Shiro TAKATANI

    Under construction

  • Forest Symphony

    2013 Installation

    Ryuichi Sakamoto + YCAM InterLab

    Under construction

  • LIFE—fluid, invisible, inaudible...

    2007 Installation

    Ryuichi SAKAMOTO+Shiro TAKATANI

    Under construction

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