Euskaraz irakurri: Ryuichi Sakamoto musikagile japoniarra hil da, 71 urterekin

Renowned Japanese musician and composer ryuichi sakamoto He died on March 28 at the age of 71 as a result of colorectal cancer that he had suffered since 2020, his agency confirmed this Sunday.

“While undergoing treatment for cancer discovered in June 2020, Sakamoto continued to create work whenever his health allowed. He lived with music until the end,” they explained.

Following those of the artist, the funeral service would have been held only with his close relatives.

Sakamoto was one of the most international Japanese creators of his timewith a complex body of work that has been made up of several stages, from his first successful group, the experimental Yellow Magic Orchestrauntil the creation of soundtracks.

In this section he received numerous awards and wrote the music for well-known titles such as “Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence” (“Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence”, 1983)in which he also starred as the commander of a Japanese prison camp during the Pacific War, “The Last Emperor” (“The Last Emperor”, 1987) either “The Revenant” (“The Revenant”, 2015).

His last concert was on December 11, in an “online” format so that his fans from different time zones could listen to him, and when his cancer was already in stage IV, so many of his followers thought it could be the last. .

Source: Eitb

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