• Upcoming: Yasuaki Shimizu: North America Tour 2025

    20 March – 2 April 2025|w/ Ray Kunimoto

  • Upcoming: Yasuaki Shimizu + Ray Kunimoto

    13 December 2024  |  Kiwa Tennoz (Tokyo)
    https://passmarket.yahoo.co.jp/event/show/detail/02thwn1ytgz31.html

  • Yasuaki Shimizu + Ray Kunimoto

    6 April 2024  | Brutus Jazz Weekend 2023   |  Baroom (Tokyo)
    https://brutus.jp/brutus-jazz-weekend_2024/

  • Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes: Goldberg Variations

    9 December 2023|Víkingur Ólafsson+Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes live event |Izumi Hall, Osaka

  • Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes: Goldberg Variations

    3 December 2023|Víkingur Ólafsson+Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes live event |Sumida Toriphony Hall, Tokyo

  • Yasuaki Shimizu

    22 October 2023|Peter Barakan’s LIVE MAGIC! 2023|The Garden Hall (Yebisu Garden Place), Tokyo
    more info: https://www.livemagic.jp/

  • Tokyo Gen’On Project

    4 July 2023|Tokyo Gen’On Project #19 – Musicians Selection 7: Masaki Oishi 2|guest performance|w/ Carl Stone|Suginami Public Hall, Tokyo

  • Yasuaki Shimizu + Ray Kunimoto

    12 December 2022  | Concert series “Beyond” vol.3 Asia |  Shibuya Club Quattro (Tokyo)
    https://www.plankton.co.jp/beyond/

  • Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes

    31 December 2018|Tokyu Silvester Concert 2018-2019 (TV Tokyo)|Shibuya station underground space and Bunkamura Orchard Hall, Tokyo

  • Yasuaki Shimizu: European tour Autumn 2018

    26 October – 11 November 2018|w/ Ray Kunimoto

  • Yasuaki Shimizu: European tour Summer 2018

    6 July – 3 August 2018|w/ Ray Kunimoto

  • Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes

    4 February 2018 | Better Days Night | Better Days label 40th anniversary live | Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo

  • Yasuaki Shimizu, Carl Stone

    23 December 2017|w/ live painting by Akiko Nakayama|Tokyo Noise Theater II festival|SuperDeluxe, Tokyo

  • Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes

    11 November 2017|Spiral Hall, Tokyo

  • Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes: Goldberg Variations

    26 November 2016|w/ contrabass quartet|Salamanca Hall, Gifu

  • Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes: Attoiuma

    27 September 2016|w/ drawings by Lisa Schiavon, video projection by Tomoya Kishimoto|SuperDeluxe, Tokyo

  • Tapakashi (Yasuaki Shimizu, Carl Stone, Yumiko Tanaka, Pearl Alexander)

    14 June 2016|Into the Troposphere|SuperDeluxe, Tokyo

  • Taketeru Kudo, Yasuaki Shimizu, Michael Pestel: Emotional Syndicate

    14 November 2015|SuperDeluxe, Tokyo

  • Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes

    23 August 2015|The Session 2015 (NHK FM radio)|NHK Fureai Hall, Tokyo

  • Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes: Goldberg Variations

    24 May 2015|w/ contrabass quartet|Opera City, Tokyo

  • Pierre Barouh

    7 December 2014|guest performance|Saravah Tokyo, Tokyo

  • Satsuki Chigusa, Yasuaki Shimizu, Taketeru Kudo: Experimental Tea Ceremony

    4 October 2014|Nuit Blanche Kyoto 2014 art event|Institut Francais du Japon – Kansai, Kyoto

  • Yasuaki Shimizu, Carl Stone: Just Breathing

    28 September 2013|Aichi Triennale 2013|Aichi Arts Center, Nagoya

  • Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes in Kamakura 2013

    11 January 2013|w/ guest mezzosoprano Mutsumi Hatano|Kamakura Performing Arts Center, Kamakura, Japan

  • Masanori Oishi: Interactive Saxophone

    9 December 2012|guest performance Yasuaki Shimizu, Carl Stone|“Carl’s Wild Garden” set / Just Composed in Yokohama series|Minato Mirai Hall, Yokohama

  • Maroussia Vossen: Bestiaire

    9 June 2012|collaboration w/ dance performance including Crewimbunny, Contact Gonzo and films by Chris Marker|Hors Pistes Tokyo 2012 festival|Hara Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tokyo

  • Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes: zig-BACH-zag-PENTA

    10 December 2011|Mitaka City Arts Center, Tokyo

  • Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes: Frequency Hong Kong

    28 October 2011|Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre Grand Opening|City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  • Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal

    6 June 2011|guest performance|Cay, Tokyo

  • Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes

    28 April 2011|Let’s Go Japan #2 | East Japan quake benefit Ustream live | Cricket Studio, Tokyo

  • Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes: Fashion Cantata 2010

    22 May 2010|Fashion Cantata 2010 | Mina Perhonen fashion show | Daikakuji Temple, Kyoto

  • Bill Laswell: Tokyo Rotation 4

    7 May 2010|collaboration w/ Hideo Yamaki, DJ Yama, Akira Sakata, Hoppy Kamiyama|Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo

  • Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes: Goldberg Variations

    27 February 2010|w/ contrabass quartet|Sumida Triphony Hall, Tokyo

  • Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes

    4–5 November 2009|Havana Festival of Contemporary Music|UNEAC, Amadeo Roldán Theatre, Havana

  • Bill Laswell: Tokyo Rotation 3

    30 April 2009|collaboration w/ Hideo Yamaki, DJ Yama, Akira Sakata|Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo

  • Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes with Royal Artless Orchestra: Orochi

    21 October 2008|film concert|Japan Intl. Contents Festival / 21st Tokyo Intl. Film Festival|Jingu Kaikan, Meiji Shrine, Tokyo

  • Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes

    10-11 October 2008|Gnesin Academy of Music, Moscow

  • Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes: Milky Way Concert 2008

    9 September 2008|Seikanso, Mt. Fuji

  • Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes

    6 July 2008|ALTI Hall, Kyoto

  • Hideo Yamaki, Akira Inoue

    19 May 2008|guest performance|Haretara Sora ni Mame Maite, Tokyo

  • Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes

    4 November 2007|JazzToday concert series|Shibuya Club Quattro, Tokyo

  • Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes

    3 July 2007|w/ guest dance performance by Masako Yasumoto|Phoenix Hall, Osaka

  • Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes

    27 June 2007|w/ guest dance performance by Masako Yasumoto|Sogetsu Hall, Tokyo

  • Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes: Attoiuma

    26 September 2006|w/ guest dance performance by Masako Yasumoto|SuperDeluxe, Tokyo

  • Yasuaki Shimizu: Wind and Stone

    25 December 2005|w/ max programming by Shu Matsuda|L’Ultimo Bacio concert series|Yebisu Garden Hall, Tokyo

  • Yasuaki Shimizu

    2005|w/ Habanera saxophone quartet|Theatre de la Ville – Les Abbesses, Paris

  • Yasuaki Shimizu, David Cunningham    

    26 December 2004|SuperDeluxe, Tokyo

  • Koji Ueno: Tropici di Vetro

    29 April 2003|guest performance|CAY, Tokyo

  • Yasuaki Shimizu: Bach-SaxOrgan-Space

    8 March 2003|w/ Ryuta Suzuki|Art Tower Mito, Mito

  • Yasuaki Shimizu: Human Cuckoo Clock

    15 August 2002|Tokyo Art Jungle mixed-media festival|Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo     

  • Bill Laswell, Hideo Yamaki et al.

    27-28 April 2002|collaboration|Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo

  • Yasuaki Shimizu: Bach-Saxophone-Space

    3 November 2001|Genichiro Inokuma Museum, Marugame 

  • Yasuaki Shimizu: Cello Suites 1, 2, 3

    2001|w/ Habanera saxophone quartet|CNCDC Amphitheatre, Chateauvallon, France

  • Koji Ueno Trio

    2001|guest performance|Pit Inn, Tokyo

  • Yasuaki Shimizu: Cello Suites 1, 2, 3

    2001|Orleans Jazz Festival|Protestant Church, Orleans, France

  • Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes: A Saxophone For Bach

    16 December 2000|J.S. Bach, “Cello Suites 4, 5, 6”|Sumida Triphony Hall, Tokyo 

  • Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes: Bach-Saxophone-Space

    20 October 2000|Shimane Art Museum

  • Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes: Bach-Saxophone-Space

    14 October 2000|Niitsu Museum of Art, Niitsu

  • Yasuaki Shimizu, Hideo Yamaki

    30 June 2000|Agata no Mori Cultural Institute, Matsumoto 

  • Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes: A Saxophone For Bach

    28 January 2000|J.S. Bach, “Cello Suites 1, 2, 3”|Sumida Triphony Hall, Tokyo 

  • Yasuaki Shimizu, Hideo Yamaki

    13 November 1999|Agata no Mori Cultural Institute, Matsumoto 

  • Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes: Cello Suites 1, 2, 3

    14 May 1999|Otaru International Music Festival| Otaru Marine Hall, Otaru

  • Yasuaki Shimizu

    1998|Dark Knight|Beauty:Beast fashion show|Tsunamachi Mitsui Club, Tokyo

  • Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes: Cello Suites with Cars

    26 September 1997|w/ art installation by Simon James|Shibuya Kuyakushomae Car Park, Tokyo

  • Goro Namerikawa: Flaneur vol. 5

    19-20 July 1997|collaboration w/ dance performance|Oya Stone Quarry, Utsunomiya 

  • Mic Itaya: Lines

    1997|collaboration w/ live painting performance and Tomoyuki Tanaka|Gallery Sowaka, Kyoto

  • Yasuaki Shimizu, Towa Tei

    1997|On Air East, Tokyo

  • Towa Tei: Sound Museum

    1997|guest performance|Club Yellow, Tokyo   

  • Yasuaki Shimizu: Cello Suites 1, 2, 3

    1997|Palazzo Papafava, Padova, Italy 

  • Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes: Cello Suites 1, 2, 3

    1996 | Kodaiji, Kyoto

  • Taeko Onuki: Pure Acoustic Night

    1987|guest performance|Suntory Hall, Tokyo

  • Bill Laswell, Ronald Shannon Jackson, et al.: Last Exit

    1986|guest performance|Pit Inn, Tokyo

  • Yasuaki Shimizu: Subliminal

    1986|Ebisu Factory, Tokyo

  • Yasuaki Shimizu, Ryuichi Sakamoto: Bye Bye Kipling

    1986|Nam June Paik satellite TV program (Tokyo-New York-Seoul) |Ark Hills, Tokyo    

  • Sade

    1986|guest performance|NHK Hall, Tokyo

  • Yasuaki Shimizu: L’Arrache Coeur

    1986|w/ video installation by Mao Kawaguchi|Ink Stick, Shibaura Factory, Tokyo

  • Yasuaki Shimizu

    1985|w/ guest Jimmy Murakawa|Ulan Bator Gallery, Orleans and L’Oreille et Hardie, Poitiers, France

  • Yasuaki Shimizu w/ band

    1985|Saint Brieu Festival|Saint Brieu, France    

  • Yasuaki Shimizu

    1985|Nancy Jazz Pulsation Festival|Nancy, France    

  • Yasuaki Shimizu

    1985|w/ guests Jacky Foehr, Jimmy Murakawa|Theatre de la Bastille, Paris

  • Koji Ueno: Music For Silent Movies

    1984|guest performance|Studio 200, Tokyo

  • Minako Yoshida

    1984|guest performance, music direction|Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo

  • Massacre (Bill Laswell, Fred Frith, Anton Fier)

    1984|guest performance|Hip Fellow, Tokyo

  • Kaimentai (Yasuaki Shimizu, Morio Watanabe, Hideo Yamaki)

    1984|Japan Festival|Mattatoio, Rome

  • Yasuaki Shimizu & Saxophonettes: L’Automne a Pekin

    1984|w/ Japan Philharmonic Orchestra|Kosei Nenkin Hall, Tokyo

  • Pierre Barouh

    1983|guest performance|Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris     

  • Akira Sakata Orchestra

    1983|guest performance|Japan Tour

  • Mariah: Red Party

    1982|Shibuya Epicurus Hall, Tokyo

  • Kazumi Band

    1981|guest performance|Japan and US tours

  • Elvin Jones

    1981|guest performance|Roppongi Pit Inn, Tokyo 

  • Naoya Matsuoka Salsa Orchestra

    1981|guest performance|w/ Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria|Montreux Jazz Festival|Montreux, Switzerland

  • Elvin Jones

    1979|guest performance|Roppongi Pit Inn, Tokyo

  • Kylin Band (Kazumi Watanabe, Yasuaki Shimizu, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Akiko Yano, et al.)

    1979| Japan tour