Entertainment & Arts
How Toru Takemitsu’s 1967 “November Steps” called for Japanese instruments to be played with a Western orchestra, and East met West like never before.
Sept. 30, 2020
In a short meditation about nature and time that Toru Takemitsu wrote for a Tokyo newspaper in 1993, three years before his death, the composer who simultaneously brought a Japanese musical sensibility to the world and a Western musical sensibility to Japan wrote: “My music is something like a signal sent to the unknown.”
Oct. 16, 2016
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May 5, 2009
Review: Three new CDs go with the flow, and add to the legacy of Japan’s otherworldly music man.
April 5, 1998
We try to understand Toru Takemitsu.
Nov. 19, 1997
Toru Takemitsu, a Japanese composer who won worldwide recognition for blending Eastern instruments and melodies with Western classical music, died Tuesday of complications of bladder cancer and pneumonia.
Feb. 21, 1996
Dec. 20, 2010
Toru Takemitsu, who died Feb. 20 at age 65, mastered a musical language both ancient and modern sounding.
May 8, 1996
Feb. 25, 1996
At a tribute performance, several works show off the composer’s inspiring cross-cultural range.
May 10, 2002