Ryuichi Sakamoto

Ryuichi Sakamoto Instagram – ✨RYUICHI SAKAMOTO | OPUS (2023) — Live Streaming Criterion Channel Event!✨Join us on June 30 at 5:00pm PT / 8:00pm ET for the online premiere of the legendary composer’s exquisite final performance.
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As a parting gift, in late 2022, Ryuichi Sakamoto mustered all of his energy to leave us with one final performance: a concert film featuring just him and his piano. Curated and sequenced by Sakamoto himself, the twenty pieces of his played in OPUS wordlessly tell the story of his life and his wide-ranging oeuvre. The selection spans his entire career, from his pop-star period with Yellow Magic Orchestra and his magnificent scores for filmmakers Bernardo Bertolucci and Nagisa Oshima to his meditative final album, 12. Intimately filmed in black and white, and surrounded by trusted collaborators—including director Neo Sora, his son—Sakamoto bares his soul through his exquisitely haunting melodies, knowing this was the last time he would be able to present his art. | Posted on 21/Jun/2024 23:08:09