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Composer: Takemitsu, Tōru (1930-1996)

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Suntory Hall: Main Hall

Sun 6 Sep at 11:00

Prokofiev, Grieg, Stravinsky, Takemitsu, Anderson, Falla

Shimpei Sasaki, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

Iceland Symphony Orchestra

Harpa Concert Hall: Norðurljós

Fri 11 Sep at 18:00

Mendelssohn, Ives, Takemitsu, Schumann, Crumb, Kurtág, Schubert

Bertrand Chamayou

Kimmel Center, Perelman Theater

Mon 19 Oct at 19:30

Takemitsu, Becker, Keck, Babcock, Vilseck, Debussy

Robillard, Abramovic, Liuzzi, Morales, Kendall

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María Dueñas and the NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo © NHKSO

One unbroken sentence: María Dueñas lets Beethoven breathe at Suntory Hall

By SangKwon Lee

Akiko Suwanai and the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo © Prague Spring Festival | Petra Hajská

A versatile NHK shines at Prague Spring

By Frank Kuznik

Kazuki Yamada conducts the CBSO © Jonathan Ferro

Emotionally-charged modernism: Mahler’s Ninth at Symphony Hall

By Simon Cummings

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The Music Lesson by Louis Moritz (1808), Rijksmuseum, Netherlands © Public domain / Unsplash

Outside the Academy? Classical composers with no ‘formal’ training

Kazuki Yamada with the CBSO © Hannah Blake-Fathers

The joy of ninths: Kazuki Yamada at the CBSO

By Simon Cummings

Fact file

Year of birth	1930
Year of death	1996
Nationality	Japan
Period	Modern

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