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Music & Works

Solo piano, composition and collaborations across sound, image, movement and space.

01 — The Other Side

2019–2022 · Intermedia performance

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Piano within a changing structure of body, moving image, sound, lighting and space.

First page of Ryo Yamada’s 2019 score for trombone and piano, どこから飲んでも甘い水を体の中に入れる.

03 — どこから飲んでも甘い水を体の中に入れる

2019 · Trombone / piano / composition

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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

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Porcelain, calligraphy and a motion-activated sound installation, later extended into film and live piano improvisation.

00:00 / 06:13

04 — Ogen/blik — Piano + Moving Image

2019 · Audiovisual performance

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A collaboration with filmmaker Tatsuya Maruyama for live piano and moving image.

Watch the preview

Solo piano

​Jazz standards and spontaneous performances from Ryo Yamada’s piano channel.

More performances on YouTube

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

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A Japanese community choir connecting Japanese, Dutch and international repertoire with audiences across the region.

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Selected performances
Japan Festival Amstelveen
· 2025 & 2026
Museum Cobra · 26 October 2025
Three cultures, one harmony
Noorddamcentrum · 29 March 2026

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Further appearances include cultural festivals and community concerts at Groenelaan.

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Visit Chorus SORA

Picca e Picca

Piano / voice duo
With vocalist Noriko Yamada

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Japanese songs reimagined through original arrangements and improvisation, shaped in real time by piano and voice.

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North Sea Round Town 2026
Jazz op de Meent · 9 July 2026
ThePhoneLab Rotterdam

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First Netherlands concert
Rotterdam · 9 May 2026

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Watch the concert digest · 2:25
Picca e Picca on YouTube

De Haagse Kunstkring

Interdisciplinary collaboration · The Hague

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An ongoing exchange with visual artists, writers and filmmakers, connecting piano improvisation and sound composition with objects, text and moving image.

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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.

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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).

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