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Ryuichi Sakamoto | Dialogue Opens at MoN Takanawa on December 24
MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives will run Ryuichi Sakamoto | Dialogue in two parts. WORK 01, D, pairs pianist Hayato Sumino with Daito Manabe across three performances from December 24 to 26, 2026, built on Sakamoto's recorded performance data.
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Why it matters
The project turns Sakamoto's archived MIDI and performance data into two live programmes rather than a memorial screening, which puts the museum's narrative mission to work on a musician's own recorded material.
WORK 02, Opus - dialogue, has Ken Furudate and Satoshi Hama staging the final piano solo recording as a concert across 18 performances from January 8 to 17, 2027.
The venue is Box1000 at MoN Takanawa in Minato, Tokyo, run by the JR East Cultural Foundation. Tickets open first to Hayato Sumino's fan club in a lottery from October 31 to November 3, then to eplus lottery applicants from November 5 to November 8, with general sales from November 21.
Manabe builds his sound and image material from data he captured at a 2020 live performance as well as Sakamoto's own archives, and the programme uses spatial audio. Furudate and Hama, who handled engineering on installations including LIFE and the stage work TIME, construct Opus around a 21-metre by 9-metre LED screen. The Opus programme runs as program A and program B, with Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, Aqua and The Last Emperor among the scheduled pieces.
- WORK 01: D | Hayato Sumino + Daito Manabe: Three performances, December 24 to 26, 2026
- WORK 02: Opus - dialogue | Ken Furudate + Satoshi Hama: 18 performances, January 8 to 17, 2027, with January 12 off
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