Popular Video "Classical BGM for Good Night" Renewed version performed by Goza & Budo premiered on March 28!

The Sony Music Foundation (Location: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Michinori Mizuno) will premiere a renewed version of its popular video "Classical BGM before bedtime" on Friday, March 28, at 20:00 (Location: Sony Music Foundation official YouTube channel "Classical Music for Children"). The new title is "Goodnight Classical BGM - Piano," a special program performed by "Goza" and "Budo," two pianists who are gaining popularity on YouTube and in Japan and abroad, to provide a superb relaxing time.

Classical BGM ~Piano~ for good night sleep

The concept of "live classical music that is pleasant to the ear, warms the hearts of children and adults alike, and helps them sleep peacefully" remains unchanged, but the piano performance by Goza and Budo further enhances the healing effect. The result is a superb relaxation movie that combines beautiful nighttime cityscapes from around the world with gentle music that you have heard somewhere before, such as Bach's "Ave Maria" and "Aria on the G string," Beethoven's "Moonlight" and "Pathétique," and Elgar's "Love Greeting.

Photos of the performance (Goza, Budo)

◆"Good Night Classics: Healing Time with Piano Played by Goza & Budo

<Performances

Goza (Piano) <YouTube Channel 273,000 subscribers

Budo (Piano) <YouTube channel subscriber count 125,000

<Music performed

Beethoven : Piano Sonata No.14 "Moonlight" 1st movement (Budo)

Beethoven : Piano Sonata No.8 "Pathetique" 2nd movement (Budo)

Saint-Saens (arr. Godowsky) : "The Swan" (Budo)

Bach/Gounod : "Ave Maria" (Budo)

Debussy : "Moonlight" (Budo)

Rachmaninoff : "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini", 18th variation (Budo)

Elgar : "Love Greeting" (Goza)

Bach : "Aria on the G string" (Goza & Budo)

Saint-Saens : "Aquarium" (Goza & Budo)

＜Sony Music Foundation's official YouTube channel "Classics for Children

URL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjtxBdsKe5RBSgcqTj_SL0A

<Profile

Goza

Goza

Studied classical piano from the age of 5 to 18, and since college has been active in a jazz band while continuing to post videos online and live-deliver live performances. 2017 has seen his piano lecture videos utilizing his jazz know-how gain popularity on social networking sites. A highly skilled and expressive pianist, he is able to respond to requests of all genres in live delivery and freely improvise and arrange his own performances. He has appeared in the omnibus live concert "NEO PIANO CO. LABO." where talented pianists gather, lectures in Piano Monthly, provides opening theme arrangements for TV programs, records piano tracks for the music game series "BEMANI," and performs at the "FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL '23. He has been expanding his field of activities, including appearances at the "FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL '23".

In May 2024, he released his second original album "Fantasia".

Budo

Budo

Budo Budo was born in 1993. After graduating from Toho Gakuen School of Music with a degree in piano, Budo Budo went to Canada by himself. After returning to Japan, he began posting performance videos on YouTube. His videos of a "weird-looking guy" performing superb classical music received over 1 million views in a few months, and he was selected as one of the fastest-rising creators. In 2023, he sold out the Hamarikyu Asahi Hall and Kioi Hall, and in 2024, he finally sold out the Suntory Hall, and his nationwide tour was a great success. In June 2025, he will perform Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in all movements at the Pacific Philharmonia Tokyo Subscription Concert at Suntory Hall. She has taken on innovative challenges such as lighting effects and playing two pianos with an automatic piano, and we cannot take our eyes off of her future performance. His unique talent and expressiveness are creating a new whirlwind, and we invite you to enjoy his latest stage performance up close and personal.

The YouTube channel will collaborate with a variety of artists until the

Music Festival for Children and Young People 2025* in May 2025 to share the excitement of music and the joy of sharing music with children. The "

Music Festival for Children and Young People 2025" is scheduled to be held in May 2025, and will feature a variety of original videos that offer unique musical experiences. Goza and Budo will also perform at "Music Festival for Children and Young People 2025."

Music Festival for Children and Young People 2025

Official website: https://www.kofes.jp/

Date: May 3 (Sat., holiday) to May 6 (Tue., holiday), 2025

Venue: Suntory Hall Main Hall, Blue Rose (Small Hall)

　　　　　　 and Arc Karajan Plaza <Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo>

Performers: Shinya Kiyozuka, Hayato Sumino, Masato Suzuki, 

                  Chocolate Planet, Makoto Fukuo, Junichiro Taku, Aoi Ikemura, 

                  Takuma Ishii, Ryota Kikuchi, Goza, Budo, Takumi Torio, 

                  Yuri Takami, and others

The Sony Music Foundation and the Suntory Art Foundation have teamed up to present one of the world's largest classical music festivals, featuring a variety of concerts and other programs designed for children of all ages, from infants and preschoolers to elementary, junior high, high school, and teenagers, The festival is an event of a scale unparalleled anywhere in the world, offering a full day of classical music for all to enjoy.

Outline of the Foundation

Name: Sony Music Foundation

President: Michinori Mizuno

Year of Establishment: 1984

Location: SME Rokubancho Building, 4-5 Rokubancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8353, Japan

URL : https://www.smf.or.jp/