Fact file
| Year of birth | 1930 |
| Year of death | 1996 |
| Nationality | Japan |
| Period | 20th century |
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Osaka#524 Subscription Concert
Takemitsu, Bruch, Elgar
Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra; Tadaaki Otaka; Mayuko Kamio
FukuokaThe 373rd Subscription Concert
Takemitsu, Mozart, Sibelius
Kyushu Symphony Orchestra; Masato Suzuki; Teunis van der Zwart
LondonJapan Philharmonic Orchestra with Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
Rautavaara, Elgar, Takemitsu, Sibelius
Japan Philharmonic Orchestra; Pietari Inkinen; Sheku Kanneh-Mason
Hong KongQuotation of Dream
Takemitsu, Debussy, Yoshimatsu, Strauss R., Ravel
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra; Jun Märkl; Duo Ping and Ting; Michael Wilson
LondonTrio Anima
Bax, Alwyn, Boyle, Debussy, Takemitsu
Matthew Featherstone; Rosalind Ventris; Anneke Hodnett
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The Earth and other planets from the Belgrade Philharmonic
A fine Planets from Eiji Oue and the Belgrade Philharmonic crowned a splendid concert despite a flawed “Neptune” after Simone Rubino had explored the music of the Earth.
NHK Symphony Orchestra's magnificent Mahler Six
Is the very, very good the enemy of the great? It is hard to fault a performance as fine as this – except perhaps against a benchmark no longer recognised.
Three decades celebrated of Suntory Hall
World-class artists collaborate to celebrate Suntory Hall's 30th anniversary.
Music as “garden” and “theatre”
Tan Dun, Keiko Mitsuhashi, and the Tokyo Philharmonic deliver an homage concert to Toru Takemitsu, utilizing orchestral music as a “garden” and a “theatre."
Boylan sings luminous Shéhérazade and Luonnotar
Irish soprano Orla Boylan offers an engaging performance of Ravel's Shéhérazade and Sibelius' Luonnotar while the NSO under the baton of Brönnimann deliver a commendable Sibelius 5.