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坂本龍一

(Ryuichi Sakamoto)

As a pioneering force in Japanese music since the late-1970s, Ryuichi Sakamoto – born on January 17, 1952, in Tokyo, Japan - composed soundtracks for Academy Award-winning films, best-selling video games and the Olympic Games opening ceremony in Barcelona, while building a body of work that spanned a variety of genres from experimental, hyperactive synth-pop to graceful, classical melodies. Raised in Tokyo, he started learning piano at the age of three and played in jazz bands in high school, before studying at the National University of Fine Arts and Music and working as a sessi...