# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/toru-takemitsu
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:50:33.520Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/toru-takemitsu"
name: "Tōru Takemitsu"
slug: "toru-takemitsu"
description: "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."
tagline: "Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory (1930–1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Toru_Takemitsu_Shinchosha_1961-7.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1930-10-08"
deathDate: "1996-02-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     70
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 248
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump