Music & Works
Solo piano, composition and collaborations across sound, image, movement and space.
01 — The Other Side
2019–2022 · Intermedia performance
Piano within a changing structure of body, moving image, sound, lighting and space.
03 — どこから飲んでも甘い水を体の中に入れる
2019 · Trombone / piano / composition
A fully notated chamber work shaped by changing gestures, silence, contrast and fluid form.
02 — East from the West
(The concept of Love)
2025 · Installation / sound / live piano
Porcelain, calligraphy and a motion-activated sound installation, later extended into film and live piano improvisation.
04 — Ogen/blik — Piano + Moving Image
2019 · Audiovisual performance
A collaboration with filmmaker Tatsuya Maruyama for live piano and moving image.
Solo piano
Jazz standards and spontaneous performances from Ryo Yamada’s piano channel.
Autumn Leaves
Jazz standard · Solo piano · 3:36
Piano Solo Improvisation 01
Free improvisation · Solo piano · 3:37
Ongoing collaborations
Chorus SORA / コーラス空
Conductor / pianist · Since April 2025
Amstelveen, Netherlands
A Japanese community choir connecting Japanese, Dutch and international repertoire with audiences across the region.
Selected performances
Japan Festival Amstelveen · 2025 & 2026
Museum Cobra · 26 October 2025
Three cultures, one harmony
Noorddamcentrum · 29 March 2026
Further appearances include cultural festivals and community concerts at Groenelaan.
Picca e Picca
Piano / voice duo
With vocalist Noriko Yamada
Japanese songs reimagined through original arrangements and improvisation, shaped in real time by piano and voice.
North Sea Round Town 2026
Jazz op de Meent · 9 July 2026
ThePhoneLab Rotterdam
First Netherlands concert
Rotterdam · 9 May 2026
De Haagse Kunstkring
Interdisciplinary collaboration · The Hague
An ongoing exchange with visual artists, writers and filmmakers, connecting piano improvisation and sound composition with objects, text and moving image.
WAKE UP Artlab · 2026
Current collaboration with Paul de Mol. Recorded musical responses to eight selected sounds become material for a performance combining piano, sound and moving image. The music programme is scheduled for 8 October 2026.
Earlier collaborations include East from the West (2025), the ArtLab programme Schaduw (2025), and piano improvisation in the literary and musical programme Vanavond, veel gedachten (2026).