Tōru Takemitsu

Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory (1930–1996).

Born October 8th, 1930 in Tokyo, Hongō-ku. [ref]

Died February 22nd, 1996 at 65 years old in Minato-ku, Tokyo (bladder cancer). [ref]

Occupations
autodidact, classical guitarist, composer, film score composer, pedagogue, writer

If you’re not ready to die for it, take the word “freedom” out of your vocabulary. Malcolm X