![]() That show, in honour of the 20th anniversary of the Park Hyatt Tokyo, would have incorporated a purpose-commissioned piece of music titled Timeless. Sakamoto has also been forced to pull out of a concert in Tokyo on 30 July. I would like nothing more than for everyone to enjoy the festival in my place." ![]() ![]() "Although I will be absent, all of the programs will be of highest quality - this I promise. As guest director, he has been working on the 2014 festival for "the past two painstaking years". I promise to return after a full recovery."ĭoctors identified the cancer in June, Sakamoto wrote, just weeks before he was due to inaugurate the first annual Sapporo International Art Festival. "I would like to apologise for all of the burden I will undoubtedly be casting upon everyone who has been working with me on various other projects. "The first wealth is health, and hence this bitter decision," the 62-year-old wrote on his official website. The Yellow Magic Orchestra founder has cancelled all of his upcoming appearances as he concentrates on treating the illness and "regaining my health". Musician and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto has been diagnosed with throat cancer. ![]()
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