YOKO KANNO - PIANO ME

Piano Me.

No destination.

Just me, just you.

On stage, there is a single piano.

At the keys sits the composer herself.

If this makes you imagine

a quiet recital,

or a concert where the music is carefully explained piece by piece—

let go of that image now.

She is a showman.

Piano Me is not a lecture.

It is not a memoir.

This is a journey into the Inner Universe—

As you touch the frequency of the piano,

you may find yourself smiling for no reason at all.

In the next moment,

you are carried into a dreamlike world.

You may gently brush against memories

you thought you had forgotten.

And before you realize it,

you are singing—

together with the piano.

When the performance ends

and you return to the city,

the world should look slightly different.

On this voyage,

original members of SEATBELTS join as special guests,

along with multiple guest vocalists,

each bringing their own gravity and color.

Visual expression is created by

Daito Manabe (Rhizomatiks).

The town hall stage transforms

into a space in orbit.

Small.

Intimate.

And—endlessly vast.

That is Piano Me.

You don’t need to fasten your seatbelt.

Instead—

let go.

Bio: Yoko Kanno is a lyricist, songwriter, arranger, and music producer. She has composed music for movies, TV dramas, commercials, animations, and video games, as well as produced and written for various artists. Her notable works include Cowboy Bebop, Genesis of Aquarion, Macross Frontier, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, the film Our Little Sister, and the NHK historical drama Naotora: The Lady Warlord, among others. She also composed the recovery support song for the Great East Japan Earthquake (Flowers Will Bloom – Hana wa Saku), creating several arrangements for it. In the first year of the Reiwa era, she composed Ray of Water, a celebratory piece for the Japanese Emperor’s enthronement, which was performed in honor of the Emperor and Empress at the Imperial Palace. Her recent work includes the music for the Netflix adaptation of Cowboy Bebop and The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House. At Expo 2025 in Osaka, she composed the music for a large fountain art installation. In addition, she also contributed to other pavilion projects at the Expo, including an XR (Extended Reality) production that combined immersive digital visuals with live performance elements, and a haptics-based installation utilizing advanced touch-feedback technology to create new sensory experiences.