Toru Takemitsu

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Sat 13 Feb: Gustavo Dudamel - Premiere of Esteban Benzevry Gothenburg Symphony, Swedish National Orchestra, Sweden
Sat 13 Feb: The french clarinet in the XX century Teatro Keiros, Rome, Italy
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(1940) Bohuslav Martinů: Premiere of the double concert for 2 string orchestras, piano and percussion, in Basel, Switzerland.
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[details ←] Signals from Heaven - Two Antiphonal Fanfares
[details ←] 12 Songs for Guitar, guitar,
[details ←] Rain Tree Sketch, piano,
[details ←] Requiem
[details ←] A Flock Descends Into The Pentagonal Garden
[details ←] Quatrain II, clarinet, violin, piano, cello,
[details ←] Distance, oboe,
[details ←] Voice, vocal, flute,
[details ←] Rain Tree Sketch II, piano,
[details ←] Green, percussion, harp,
[details ←] November Steps, clarinet, trombone, oboe, trumpet, percussion, harp,
[details ←] Pause Ininterrompue, piano,
[details ←] Piano Pieces Children/romance, piano,
[details ←] Rain Spell
[details ←] Folios, guitar,
[details ←] Air (Flute), flute,
[details ←] In the Woods, guitar,
[details ←] Distance de fee (Piano / Violin), violin, piano,
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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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