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Tōru Takemitsu was a Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory. He is known for combining elements of oriental and occidental philosophy and for fusing sound with silence and tradition with innovation.
Below is a sortable list of compositions by Tōru Takemitsu. The works are categorized by genre, date of composition, titles and scoring. Scores by Takemitsu are published by Ongaku No Tomo Sha, C.F. Peters, Éditions Salabert, Schott Japan, [1] and Universal Edition.
GenreDateJapanese Title (original Title)English TitleOrchestral1957弦楽のためのレクイエムRequiem [ja]Orchestral1958ソリチュード・ソノールSolitude SonoreOrchestral1961樹の曲Music of TreeOrchestral1962コロナIICorona IIToru Takemitsu. Country of origin: Japan. Birthday: October 8, 1930. Date of death: February 20, 1996. Upcoming Performances. Three Film Scores. Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien. September 7, 2024 | Yokohama (Japan) , Kanagawa Kenmin Hall. Three Film Scores. Conductor: Jonathan Stockhammer.
May 11, 2018 · Widely considered modern Japan's greatest composer in the classical music tradition, Toru Takemitsu (1930–1996) merged Japanese and Western instruments and techniques in his music.
Nov 4, 2020 · Learn about the life and works of Tōru Takemitsu, a Japanese composer who integrated Western and Eastern musical traditions. Discover how he evolved from a modernist to a tonal style, and how he was influenced by Stravinsky, Cage and Bunraku theatre.
Apr 11, 2022 · Takemitsu Tōru is famous as the composer who united traditional Japanese music and Western modernism. Today, a quarter-century after his death, his music continues to be performed in concert...
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Toru Takemitsu, nearly a decade after his death at 65, remains Japan’s best-known composer. His many concert pieces and more than 90 film scores echo Debussy, Messiaen, and Webern, as well as traditional Japanese music. But the largely self-taught Takemitsu maintained that his ultimate masters were Duke Ellington and nature.
