Toru Takemitsu (Composer)
Born: 8th October 1930, Tokyo, Japan
Died: 20th February 1996, Tokyo, Japan
Nationality: Japanese
Tōru Takemitsu was a Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory. Largely self-taught, Takemitsu possessed consummate skill in the subtle manipulation of instrumental and orchestral timbre. He is famed for combining elements of oriental and occidental philosophy to create a sound uniquely his own and for fusing opposites together such as sound with silence and tradition with innovation.
He composed several hundred independent works of music, scored more than ninety films and published twenty books. He was also a founding member of the Jikken Kobo (experimental workshop) in Japan, a group of avant-garde artists who distanced themselves from academia and whose collaborative work is often regarded among the most influential of the 20th century.
His 1957 Requiem for string orchestra attracted international attention, led to several commissions from across the world and established his reputation as one of the leading 20th-century Japanese composers.
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Popular Works: Takemitsu
- A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden (8)
- A piece for guitar (5)
- Air (17)
- Air for flute (5)
- All in Twilight, four pieces for guitar (17)
- Ame no ki sobyo II (Rain Tree Sketch II), 'In memoriam Olivier Messiaen' (14)
- And then I knew ‘twas Wind (10)
- Archipelago S. for 21 players (4)
- Distance de Fée (8)
- Equinox, for guitar (18)
- Folios, for guitar (12)
- For Away (11)
- Hika (7)
- How Slow the Wind (4)
- I Hear the Water Dreaming (4)
- In the Woods - Three pieces for guitar (21)
- Itinerant (6)
- Les Yeux Clos (9)
- Les yeux clos I & II (6)
- Litany (16)
- Nostalghia, for violin & string orchestra (9)
- November Steps for biwa, shakuhachi & orchestra (4)
- Paths, Op. 50 (7)
- Piano Distance (11)
- Rain Tree Sketch (11)
- Rain Tree Sketch I & II (7)
- Rain Tree Sketch II (13)
- Rain Tree, for three percussionists (6)
- Requiem for string orchestra (12)
- Romance (7)
- Small Sky (5)
- Toward the Sea (11)
- Toward the Sea I for alto flute & guitar (7)
- Toward the Sea II for alto flute, harp & strings (5)
- Toward the Sea III for alto flute & harp (6)
- Tree Line (4)
- Twill by Twilight (5)
- Two Piano Pieces for Children (Breeze & Clouds) (6)
- Uninterrupted rests (9)
- Voice (9)
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