![Black and white image of Ryuichi Sakamoto playing piano.](/sites/default/files/styles/600xh/public/2024-08/34102id_003_0002_34102id_030_w1600.jpg?itok=eK-jkw82)
A year after his passing, we’re proud to present Ryuichi Sakamoto’s last performance: an intimate and moving concert film featuring just him and his piano.
On 28 March 2023, legendary composer Ryuichi Sakamoto passed away. In the years before his death, Sakamoto could no longer perform, but in late 2022 he gave the world one final performance – this intimate concert film, movingly directed by his son.
Curated by Sakamoto himself and presented in his chosen order, the twenty pieces performed in the film wordlessly narrate his life through his music. The selection spans his entire career, from his popstar Yellow Magic Orchestra period to his magnificent Bertolucci film scores and music from his meditative final album, 12.
Intimately filmed in a space he knew well, surrounded by his most trusted collaborators, Sakamoto bares his soul through his music, knowing this may be the last time he can present his art. A celebration of an artist’s life in the purest sense, Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus is the definitive swan song of the beloved maestro.
Hyde Park Picture House
Brudenell Road
Leeds
LS6 1JD
United Kingdom