Toru Takemitsu


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Sat 7 Nov: EL NUEVO MUNDO. 17th & 18th-Century Spain and the Colonial Latin Americas. Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York, USA
Sat 7 Nov: Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble Concert Trinity Chapel, Berkeley, CA, USA
Sat 7 Nov: Concerto per la beata Vergine SATB choir, oboe New York City Church of the Hole Trinity, New York, USA
Sun 8 Nov: EL NUEVO MUNDO. 17th & 18th-Century Spain and the Colonial Latin Americas. Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York, USA
Sun 8 Nov: An Audience With Hackney Singers St. Johns At Hackney, Hackney, England
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Born: 8 October 1930 — Japan
Died: 20 February 1996 — Tokyo — Japan
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Many would take issue with the characterization of Takemitsu as mainly a film score composer. Many regard him as Japan’s most important 20th C. classical composer. Altho he did 93 film scores, his more than 130 classical compositions are more substantial.

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8 March 1990: Premiere of Visions, in Chicago, USA.
30 June 1990: Premiere of My Way of Life, in Leeds, England.
14 September 1991: Premiere of Fantasma, in Cardiff, Wales.
13 October 1991: Premiere of Quotation of Dream, in London, England.

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