Had anybody other than Ryuichi Sakamoto released Playing the Piano/Out of Noise, I’d probably call it "an ambitious piece of work that spans genres effortlessly." But as it is, this double album comes ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Music Review By Steve Smith Can a concert be too beautiful for comfort? The question seemed pertinent for a long stretch of a rare local performance ...

Ryuichi Sakamoto died in March 2023, but many of us had been steeling ourselves for the news since the previous December, when he performed what he himself suspected might be his final concert. After ...

A Japanese musician has released his first album in six years — a collection of compositions recorded during his battle with cancer. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on Jan. 26, 2023.) ...

"His last gift to the world..." A teaser trailer has debuted for the documentary film Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus, which is premiering at the 2023 Venice Film Festival beginning this week (it screens on ...

Opening track “andata”, a delicate, melancholy ballad, sets the tone as it migrates from piano to organ, and a threatening dissonance develops. The way in which darkness emerges from harmonious ...