December 10, 2008
Avex Group Holdings Inc. announces that its wholly owned subsidiary Avex Marketing Inc.
(Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Takashi Araki) will sell recordings of all performances
of Ryuichi Sakamoto’s piano tour, “Ryuichi Sakamoto Playing the Piano 2009,” which kicks
off in March 2009.
The recordings will be available through the music delivery service, iTunes Store, in as little
as 24 hours after the performance concludes.
Ryuichi Sakamoto is an artist with an extensive range of musical activities focusing on social
and cultural contributions through the label ‘commmons,’ which he established jointly with
Avex Group.
The recordings will be delivered by Kab America, Inc. through iTunes stores in Japan and 22
other countries.
* “Ryuichi Sakamoto Playing the Piano 2009” will be produced by Promax Inc.
* iTunes Store is a service operated by iTunes Japan, a subsidiary of Apple Inc.
* Delivery of the recorded sound source in a minimum of 24 hours via iTunes Store applies
to Japan only. The time required from the end of the performance to the start of delivery will
vary depending on the site, reflecting the scheduling of performances.
* The recordings will become successively available in Europe, Australia and North America
via iTunes Store.
* A detailed delivery schedule etc. will be announced on the following website of Ryuichi
Sakamoto.
http://www.skmt09.com/
Contact: Avex Group Holdings Inc.
Investors & Public Relations Room
+81-3-5413-8508

Reference: About Ryuichi Sakamoto & commmons
[Profile of Ryuichi Sakamoto]Real name: Ryuichi Sakamoto1952 Born in Tokyo. Graduated from the master course of Graduate School, TokyoUniversity of the Arts.1978 Made his solo debut with Thousand Knives. In the same year, organized YMO withHaruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi. After YMO disbanded, Sakamoto became activeacross a range of media, including music, movie, publication and advertisement.1984 Won the British Academy Award and received other recognition for his soundtrackto Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, and won the Academy Award, Grammy Award andother honors for the music he provided for the movie The Last Emperor. Subsequently, thefocus of his activities moved to Europe and the United States.1999 Starting with the Opera LIFE produced in 1999, Sakamoto has spoken frequentlyabout the environment and peace issues. Supervised a collection of views “Hisen (No War)”which was published in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States. Sakamotoalso launched an artists’ group called “artists’ power,” calling for the increased use ofnatural energy. His activities have covered a range of fields.Since 1990 Sakamoto has lived in New York, the United States.Today After a 28-year hiatus, released a CD recorded live in Europe with the YellowMagic Orchestra, of which he is a member. [Ryuichi Sakamoto Playing the Piano 2009]Wednesday, March 18 Tokyo International Forum Hall C (Starts at 7 p.m.)Thursday, March 19 Tokyo International Forum Hall C (Starts at 7 p.m.)Friday (National Holiday), March 20 Tokyo International Forum Hall C (Starts at 6 p.m.)Sunday, March 22 Kyoto Prefectural Citizens’ Hall ALTI (Starts at 6 p.m.)Tuesday, March 24 Kochi City Culture-Plaza CUL-PORT (Starts at 7 p.m.)Wednesday, March 25 Okayama Symphony Hall (Starts at 7 p.m.)Friday, March 27 Sankei Hall Breeze
Osaka/Starts at 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 28 Sankei Hall Breeze
Osaka/Starts at 4 p.m.
Monday, March 30 Tondabayashi Subaru Hall Osaka/Starts at 7 p.m.Wednesday, April 1 Fuji City Cultural Center, Rose Theater (Starts at 7 p.m.)Thursday, April 2 Aichi Prefectural Art Theater, The Theater (Starts at 7 p.m.)Saturday, April 4 Hiroshima ALSOK Hall (Starts at 6 p.m.)Sunday, April 5 Fukuoka SunPalace Hall (Large Hall) (Starts at 6 p.m.)Tuesday, April 7 Nagasaki-shi Kokaido (Starts at 7 p.m.)Thursday, April 9 Tajimi Culture Hall (Starts at 7 p.m.)Saturday, April 11 Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre (Starts at 6 p.m.)Wednesday, April 15 Niigata Prefectural Civic Center (Starts at 7 p.m.)Friday, April 17 Toyama Aubade Hall (Starts at 7 p.m.)Sunday, April 19 Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara, Main Hall (Starts at 6 p.m.)Friday, April 24 Kawaguchi LILIA (Starts at 7 p.m.)Saturday, April 25 Sendai Civic Hall (Large Hall) (Starts at 6 p.m.)

---------------------------------------------------- BE AS GREEN AS POSSIBLE -
Green electricity is used at each site of this performance, and a carbon offset is made for allemissions of carbon dioxide emitted through the tour. The aim is to keep the tour as carbonneutral as possible.
The price of this tour ticket includes the carbon offset cost. The price includes the carbonoffset cost for 1kg of carbon out of the average of about 6kg of carbon dioxide that oneJapanese citizen emits in a day.* The carbon offset is made by means of the cultivation of forests promoted by anenvironmental protection organization, moreTrees.
http://www.more-trees.org/
---------------------------------------------------[commmons]
“commmons” is a new project established by Mr. Ryuichi Sakamoto and other artists in
collaboration with Avex Group as a vehicle for pursuing new possibilities in music. With the
slogan of “think global, act local,” it aims to be a commons, or a forum for building better
relations among artists/creators, music industry and users/listeners as a new music community
that has ecological perspectives and seeks to make social and cultural contributions. We
would like music to continue to exist at the center of the commons, so we named our project
“commmons,” with three m’s.