Late Ryuichi Sakamoto’s last solo piano work nominated for Grammy

Los Angeles –

Late Japanese music legend Ryuichi Sakamoto’s last solo piano live performance work „Opus“ is on the 2025 Grammy nominations checklist, it was realized Friday.

The work, recorded in September 2022, has been nominated within the Finest New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album class. In the US, Opus, initially made as a live performance movie, was launched as an album earlier this yr.

American diva Beyonce leads with 11 nominations for the 67th Grammy Awards. The award ceremony will likely be held Feb. 2, 2025, in Los Angeles.

Sakamoto received a Grammy and Oscar for the soundtrack album for „The Final Emperor,“ launched in 1987.

He additionally contributed songs to motion pictures together with „Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence“ and „The Revenant,“ launched in 1983 and 2015, respectively. Sakamoto died in March 2023 on the age of 71.