{"id":962,"date":"2023-04-03T22:50:03","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T22:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tirinha.com\/compositor-japones-ryuichi-sakamoto-morre-aos-71-anos\/"},"modified":"2023-04-03T22:50:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T22:50:03","slug":"compositor-japones-ryuichi-sakamoto-morre-aos-71-anos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tirinha.com\/en\/962\/compositor-japones-ryuichi-sakamoto-morre-aos-71-anos\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto dies at 71"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Japanese composer ryuchi sakamoto<\/strong>, one of the great music visionaries of recent decades<\/strong>, experimenter of various styles and author of unforgettable soundtracks, passed away on March 28 at the age of 71, his representatives announced this Sunday. The artist's death was, unfortunately, expected news. He himself had recently said that he suffered from colorectal cancer at a very advanced stage that could only lead to death, and he dedicated his life to this process. last record work, <\/strong>12<\/strong><\/em>,<\/strong> published a few months ago and a kind of musical diary of this last phase of his life in which he was capturing his different states of mind.\n<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhile undergoing treatment for cancer discovered in June 2020, <\/strong>Sakamoto continued to create jobs whenever his health permitted. He lived with music until the end<\/strong>\u201c, pointed out his agency, common<\/strong>in the statement with which he made his death public on Twitter.\n<\/p>\n

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formed as pianist with one foot in Japanese tradition and the other in classical music<\/strong>with Debussy <\/strong>It is Ravel <\/strong>as main references, Sakamoto was one of the founders of the Yellow Magic Orchestra<\/strong>, a formation that opened new paths for pop and is at the origin of several styles of electronic music. In 1978 he released his first solo album, A Thousand Knives by Ryuchi Sakamoto<\/em>where he immersed himself in the traditional music of his country and continued to experiment with electronics while opening the doors to what would become the style for which he would end up being most recognized, minimalism<\/strong> which would later unfold into endless compositions with a neoclassical flavor and also the soundtracks that would end up making him a world-renowned composer. The first was Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence<\/em> (1983), a film directed by his compatriot Nagisha Oshima, and others would follow such as The last emperor<\/em> (1987), which he made in collaboration with David Byrne<\/strong> and what would it be worth an oscar<\/strong>, the protective sky <\/em>(1990) or the ghost<\/em> (2015). For Pedro Almod\u00f3var<\/strong> wrote the score for High-heeled shoes<\/em> (1991), although neither was satisfied with their work.\n<\/p>\n

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