Ryuichi Sakamoto

Ryuichi Sakamoto

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Japanese musician, composer, producer, singer, and actor

Ryuichi Sakamoto on KCRW

Ryuichi Sakamoto, one of our greatest contemporary composers, most recently for Alejandro Iñárittu on the award winning film The Revenant, sits down with KCRW's Chris Douridas. (10am)

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Ryuichi Sakamoto, one of our greatest contemporary composers, most recently for Alejandro Iñárittu on the award winning film The Revenant, sits down with KCRW's Chris Douridas. (10am)

from Morning Becomes Eclectic

Tom interviews Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Academy Award-winning Japanese composer about his love for John Cage, Toru Takemitsu, his fame, and his latest two-CD set, “Playing the Piano and…

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Tom interviews Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Academy Award-winning Japanese composer about his love for John Cage, Toru Takemitsu, his fame, and his latest two-CD set, “Playing the Piano and…

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