Press Kit from 11 September 2026

**Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani, async–immersion tokyo, 2024** © 2024 KAB Inc., Photo: Takeshi Asano, Installation view of the exhibition "Ryuichi Sakamoto | seeing sound, hearing time" at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT), 2024.

Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart | Ryuichi Sakamoto. seeing sound, hearing time | 11.9.2026 – 20.6.2027

11.09.2026

"Ryuichi Sakamoto. seeing sound, hearing time" at Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart is the first major retrospective of the composer and artist in Europe. Ryuichi Sakamoto is regarded as a pioneer of electronic and experimental music who continually redefined the boundaries between sound, film, performance and visual art.

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07.09.2026
Press preview | Ryuichi Sakamoto. seeing sound, hearing time | 11.9.2026 - 20.6.2027
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart

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Carsten Nicolai, Music by Ryuichi Sakamoto, ENDO EXO, 2024
©2024 KAB Inc. Photo: Takeshi Asano

Ryuichi Sakamoto with Shiro Takatani, IS YOUR TIME, 2017/2024
© 2024 KAB Inc. , Photo: Kazuo Fukunaga, Installation view of the exhibition "Ryuichi Sakamoto | seeing sound, hearing time" at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT), 2024.

Portrait of Ryuichi Sakamoto
© 2020 KAB Inc. , Photo: Neo Sora

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Ryuichi Sakamoto
11.09.2026 to 20.06.2027

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