# Tōru Takemitsu

> Tōru Takemitsu  was a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music and writer on music. Largely self-taught, Takemitsu was admired for his subtle manipulation of instrumental and orchestral timbre. He is known for combining elements of oriental and occidental philosophy and for fusing sound with silence and tradition with innovation.

*Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory (1930-1996)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/toru-takemitsu

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** Japan
- **Born:** 1930-10-08
- **Died:** 1996-02-20
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 55.5
- **Momentum:** 4.2

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006316/ (@nm0006316)
- **SPOTIFY**: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5p6TCmGe9IygOnvamIaZpA (@5p6TCmGe9IygOnvamIaZpA)

## Timeline
- **1996** - Died
- **1994** - Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition
- **1990** - Maurice Ravel Prize
- **1985** - Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
- **1930** - Born

## Sources
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- [Tōru Takemitsu](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dru_Takemitsu)
- [Tóru Takemicu](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%B3ru_Takemicu)
- [Toru Takemitsu](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toru_Takemitsu)
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- [Τόρου Τακεμίτσου](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%A4%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%B5%CE%BC%CE%AF%CF%84%CF%83%CE%BF%CF%85)
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- [Tōru Takemitsu](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dru_Takemitsu)
- [Tōru Takemitsu](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dru_Takemitsu)
- [Toru Takemitsu](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toru_Takemitsu)
- [تورو تاکه‌میتسو](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88)
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- [Takemicu Tóru](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takemicu_T%C3%B3ru)
- [Toru Takemitsu](https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toru_Takemitsu)
- [Tōru Takemitsu](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dru_Takemitsu)
- [武満徹](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AD%A6%E6%BA%80%E5%BE%B9)
- [타케미츠 토오루](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%83%80%EC%BC%80%EB%AF%B8%EC%B8%A0_%ED%86%A0%EC%98%A4%EB%A3%A8)
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- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4e871dff-df89-45f5-857f-28067cdc9d5e)
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/115467)
- [Toru Takemitsu](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/51808)
- [Tōru Takemitsu](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dru_Takemitsu)

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