... a garden never spurns those who enter it ...

For the Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu, gardens provided both a source of inspiration and a metaphor for his music ... "I can imagine a garden superimposed over the image of an orchestra. A garden is composed of various different elements and sophisticated details that converge to form a harmonious whole. Each element does not exert its individuality, but achieves a state of anonymity - and that is the kind of music that I would like to create."

This portrait of the great Japanese composer combines the words of friends, family and admirers - including his daughter Maki, the conductors Oliver Knussen and Marin Alsop, the composers Dai Fujikura and Joji Yuasa, the pop musician David Sylvian, the film director Masahiro Shinoda and the Tokyo gardener Ryutaro Takahara - with sounds from Takemitsu's favourite Kyoto gardens and examples from his concert music, film scores and a specially recorded performance of his arrangement of Yesterday by the guitarist Daisuke Suzuki. 

"What emerged from Alan Hall's hypnotically calm radio portrait of the composer was a short life lived along dizzingly intellectual principles but also studded with fun." - The Guardian

"Takemitsu's music was interwoven with the voices of his daughter and friends and sounds from nature, creating a beautiful composition - a radio garden." - The Independent 

First broadcast on 22nd April 2007 BBC Radio 3
Produced by Alan Hall

Enter The Garden: A Portrait of Toru Takemitsu

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ret is interested in music and sound, looking for new ways to think about the two. He djs (as ret and his alter-ego Rıza); co-hosted radio shows (Bankpank, means, Madem Evdeyiz and A.I.D.); reads, writes and edits texts on sound; works as a music director (karga and kargART); co-organizes independent festivals (multiRAID, parAID, bankparnaval, Açıkppqqmm); compiles music (Noisy Ground, In Sync); participates in collectives (A.I.D., ppqqmm, Açık Alan) and sometimes steps away from the underground to manage a major string orchestra from Istanbul (Istanbul Strings). When djing, he is after mixing tracks and samples off context to accompany everyday politics, in search of an expression of meaning beyond sound.

20.08.16 @ Coop İstanbul L'AID BACK
21.08.17 @ Çeşmeköy [Multiraid 2] @
13.10.17 @ İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi [Radyo Modyan & Açık Alan seri I]
14.11.17 @ Pixie Underground [NOV/ A.I.D]
06.01.18 @ Haymatlos Ankara [A.I.D | Ankara #1] 
04.02.18 @ arkaoda [FEB / A.I.D] 
03.03.18 @ Pixie Underground: 10 Years of Bass 2008 - 2018
27.06.18 @ Muaf Kadıköy [A.I.D. Takes Over]
13.07.18 @ minimüzikhol w/ Bankpanklar [Son Düzlük]
04.08.18 @ Peyote [Art is Dead?]
06.10.18 @ Pixie Underground w/Bulundu Açık Mikrofonlu [ppqqmm n?]
14.12.18 @ Haymatlos Ankara [PAR A.I.D w/ Bankpank-lar]
28.02.18 @ Peyote Eskişehir w/ RAW - Çağrı Erdem
23.02.19 @ Torun w/ w/ Wouwiuwa, Blank Wall Season, Gülmez/ Konanç
 [A.I.D | Ankara #4]
10.05.19 @ Haymatlos Ankara w/ Raw [Bi'Dizi Olay]
05.07.19 @ Buluntu Yalıkavak w/ Bankpank [3 Gün 3 Gece Müdahale]
04.08.19 @ Buluntu Yalıkavak w/ Bankpank [3 Gün 3 Gece BankParnaval]
22.11.19 @ Pixie Underground [Breakcure #2]
09.11.19 @ Shelter Ankara w/ Berna Göl (Bankpank) [İsimsiz Gece]
18.12.19 @ Arkaoda [A.I.D Takes Over! #3]
01.02.20 @ Pixie Underground w/ Bulundu (Etkinlik_Adı02)
14.02.20 @ Karga BapnAnkk #1 // BankPank
15.02.20@ Pixie Underground w/ Gantz / Iskeletor / Granul
06.03.20@ Pixie Underground [Table Records and Friends: İkinci Yıl Kutlaması]
13.03.20@ Hood Base w/ Velvele [Benlik: Kısa Ömürlü Bir Hayvan]
21.07.21 @ Karga Kabin 
17.08.21 @ Karga Kabin 
30.08.21 @ Karga Kabin w/ Muratmrtseçkin

12.09.21 @ Karga Kabin 
15.09.21 @ Kargart w/ Gökay Atabek - muratmrtseçkin [volkfest4]
24.09.21 @ arkaoda w/ means [Root Radio Gecesi]
01.10.21 @ Stüdyo Sumo [M4NM - REFLEKS Exhibition]
01.12.21 @ Şahika w/ Berna Göl 
19.12.21 @ Karga Kabin 
22.12.21 @ Şahika / Electronic Music History (Talk)
15.12.21 @Şahika (A.I.D)
22.01.21 @ Şahika w/ Berna Göl

Enter The Garden: A Portrait of Toru Takemitsu

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