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Late composer Ryuichi Sakamoto to be honored in free online series from UMass

The University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst Fine Arts Center is honoring the late legendary Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto with a free online series of special performances. Key details: “Sakamoto Blue Sky,” which refers to one of the composer’s most popular compositions, “Bibo no Aozora” (“Beautiful Blue Sky”), will be made available on the Fine Arts Center website, UMass announced on Monday. This will be followed by Molissa Fenley’s “In the Garden (with Ryuichi)” on Sept. 7; Carl Stone’s “The Journey” on Sept. 14; and DJ Spooky’s “Butterfly Soul” on Sept. 21. ....

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