Toru Takemitsu

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Toru Takemitsu was a pioneering Japanese composer renowned for blending Western avant-garde techniques with traditional Japanese musical aesthetics in orchestral, chamber, and film music.

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Toru Takemitsu canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf composer
film composer
human
music theorist
orchestrator
awardReceived Asahi Prize NERFINISHED
Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition NERFINISHED
Mainichi Film Award for Best Music NERFINISHED
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath cancer
countryOfCitizenship Japan
dateOfBirth 1930-10-08
dateOfDeath 1996-02-20
employer Toho Studios NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Japanese
familyName Takemitsu NERFINISHED
genre chamber music
film score
orchestral music
solo instrumental music
vocal music
givenName Toru NERFINISHED
influencedBy Claude Debussy NERFINISHED
Igor Stravinsky NERFINISHED
Japanese court music
John Cage NERFINISHED
Olivier Messiaen NERFINISHED
gagaku NERFINISHED
traditional Japanese music
instrument orchestra
piano
languageOfWorkOrName English
Japanese
movement avant-garde
contemporary classical music
name Toru Takemitsu NERFINISHED
nativeName 武満徹 NERFINISHED
notableIdea integration of Western avant-garde and traditional Japanese aesthetics
notableWork A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden NERFINISHED
A String Around Autumn NERFINISHED
A Way a Lone NERFINISHED
A Way a Lone II NERFINISHED
A Way a Lone III NERFINISHED
A Way a Lone IV NERFINISHED
Arc NERFINISHED
Corona NERFINISHED
Distance de fée NERFINISHED
Dorian Horizon NERFINISHED
Dreamtime NERFINISHED
From me flows what you call Time NERFINISHED
Garden Rain NERFINISHED
Green (November Steps II) NERFINISHED
In an Autumn Garden NERFINISHED
Litany NERFINISHED
Nostalghia NERFINISHED
November Steps NERFINISHED
Orion NERFINISHED
Quatrain NERFINISHED
Quatrain II NERFINISHED
Rain Coming NERFINISHED
Rain Spell NERFINISHED
Rain Tree Sketch NERFINISHED
Requiem for Strings NERFINISHED
Toward the Sea NERFINISHED
Tree Line NERFINISHED
Voice NERFINISHED
Waves NERFINISHED
music for the film Black Rain
music for the film Dodes'ka-den
music for the film Double Suicide
music for the film Empire of Passion
music for the film Harakiri
music for the film Kwaidan
music for the film Ran
music for the film Rikyu
music for the film Rising Sun
music for the film Samurai Rebellion
music for the film The Ceremony
music for the film The Eel
music for the film The Face of Another
music for the film The Funeral
music for the film The Garden of Women
music for the film The Inugami Family
music for the film The Island
music for the film The Makioka Sisters
music for the film The Man Without a Map
music for the film The Pitfall
music for the film The Profound Desire of the Gods
music for the film The Sea and Poison
music for the film The Shadow Warrior
music for the film The Silent Duel
music for the film Woman in the Dunes
occupation composer
essayist
film score composer
music critic
placeOfBirth Japan NERFINISHED
Tokyo NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Japan NERFINISHED
Tokyo NERFINISHED
residence Tokyo
sexOrGender male

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Asahi Prize notableRecipient Toru Takemitsu
Akira Kurosawa’s film Ran (1985), loosely based on King Lear musicBy Toru Takemitsu
subject surface form: Ran
Akira Ifukube notableStudent Toru Takemitsu