Biography
Largely self-taught, worked with the Experimental Workshop in Tokyo in early '50s. Guitarist, pianist. Received Italia Prize in 1958. Influenced by John Cage, jazz, serialism, Debussy, ancient Japanese music, and many world cultures. Unique polyrhythmic and open scoring methods combined with traditional Western notation. First combinations of Western orchestra with traditional Japanese instruments and Gagaku ensembles. Filmscores include Woman in the Dunes (1964), Dode'skaden (1970), Ran (1985), Kwaidan (1964), Under the Cherry Blossoms (1975), Empire of Passion (1978). ~ "Blue" Gene Tyranny, Rovi



 
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Tōru Takemitsu: Nostalghia (1987)
Toru Takemitsu - Rain Spell
Great Composers: Tōru Takemitsu
Tōru Takemitsu: Autumn (1973)
Toru Takemitsu - Orion and Pleiades
Tōru Takemitsu [武満 徹]: In an autumn garden, for gagaku orchestra (Takemitsu, Tokyo Gakuso)
Toru Takemitsu, And then I knew 'twas Wind - Ensemble intercontemporain
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