Peter Grilli on Toru Takemitsu

The Leonard Lopate Show | Dec 2, 2010

Peter Grilli, president of the Japan Society of Boston, discusses the Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu. Almost completely self-taught, Takemitsu is considered Japan's greatest 20th-century composer. He composed the scores for nearly 100 films between 1952 and 1995. There’s a two-week celebration of Takemitsu taking place at Film Forum, as well as concerts of his work at Carnegie Hall and Columbia University, part of JapanNYC.

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