Robert Ryker, the conductor and music director of Tokyo Sinfonia, has a dream to help heal the broken hearts of tsunami survivors with music.
"The holiday season is a period of high stress," Ryker, 72, who has dual U.S.-Canadian citizenship, told The Japan Times. "Music is part of healing."
Ryker, who has lived in Tokyo for 30 years, said he will take the Tokyo Sinfonia orchestra, composed of 19 string players, to perform at evacuation centers in Miyagi Prefecture on Sunday and Monday.