Awards & Winners

T?ru Takemitsu

Toru Takemitsu was a Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory. Largely self-taught, Takemitsu possessed consummate skill in the subtle manipulation of instrumental and orchestral timbre. He is famed for combining elements of oriental and occident philosophy to create a sound uniquely his own, and for fusing opposites together such as sound with silence and tradition with innovation. He composed several hundred independent works of music, scored more than ninety films and published twenty books. He was also a founding member of the Jikken Kobo in Japan, a group of avant-garde artists who distanced themselves from academia and whose collaborative work is often regarded among the most influential of the 20th century. His 1957 Requiem for strings orchestra attracted international attention, led to several commissions from across the world and established his reputation as one of the leading 20th-century Japanese composers. He was the recipient of numerous awards and honours and the Toru Takemitsu Composition Award is named after him.

Awards by T?ru Takemitsu

Check all the awards nominated and won by T?ru Takemitsu.

1996


Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Music
Honored for : Sharaku

Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Music Sharaku

1990


Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Music
Honored for : Rikyu, Black Rain

Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Music Rikyu","Black Rain

1987


Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Music Gonza the Spearman

1986


Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Music
Honored for : Shokutaku no nai ie, Ran, Fire Festival

Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Music Ran","Fire Festival","Shokutaku no nai ie

1979


Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Music
Honored for : Empire of Passion, Moeru Aki

Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Music Moeru Aki","Empire of Passion

1978


Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Music Ballad of Orin