Toru Takemitsu


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Sat 21 Nov: Elijah Colston Hall, Bristol, UK
Sun 22 Nov: DIETRICH BUXTEHUDE: Complete organ works (6) Orsanmichele church, Florence, Italy
Sat 28 Nov: Contemporary piano music recital, Ljuba Moiz, piano Palazzo del Principe,Sala degli Argenti ,Genoa-Italy
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(1805) Ludwig van Beethoven: Premiere of Fedelio (first version), in Vienna, Austria, with Beethoven conducting.
(1864) Anton Bruckner: Premiere of Mass in d minor, in Linz, Austria.
(1889) Gustav Mahler: Premiere of Symphony no. 1 in d minor, in Budapest, Hungary, with Mahler conducting.
(1911) Gustav Mahler: Premiere of Das Lied von der Erde, in Munich, Germany.
(1953) Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Premiere of Sinfonie in einem Satz (revised), in Brussels, Belgium.

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[details ←] Signals from Heaven - Two Antiphonal Fanfares

[details ←] 12 Songs for Guitar, guitar,

[details ←] Rain Tree Sketch, piano,

[details ←] A Flock Descends Into The Pentagonal Garden

[details ←] Quatrain II, clarinet, violin, piano, cello,

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[details ←] Rain Tree Sketch II, piano,

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[details ←] November Steps, clarinet, trombone, oboe, trumpet, percussion, harp,

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[details ←] Distance de fee (Piano / Violin), violin, piano,

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Born: 8 October 1930Japan
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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28 November 2009: Palazzo del Principe,Sala degli Argenti ,Genoa-Italy Contemporary piano music recital, Ljuba Moiz, piano

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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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