A torus is a doughnut-shaped, three-dimensional figure formed when a circle is rotated through 360° about a line in its plane, but not passing through the circle itself. Imagine, for example, that the circle lies in space such that its diameter is...

In geometry, a torus (pl. tori) is a surface of revolution generated by revolving a circle in three dimensional space about an axis coplanar with the circle, which does not touch the circle. Examples of tori include the surfaces of doughnuts and inner...

Toru Takemitsu, the Japanese composer, was one of the most distinguished cultural figures to have emerged from East Asia since the Second World War, and also one of the most played contemporary composers anywhere in the world. His rise to this status was all...

For those concertgoers who would rather jump through a plate- glass window than submit to an evening of contemporary music, the works of Toru Takemitsu usually come as a revelation. The Japanese composer's soundscapes -- while utterly contemporary and often brain-breakingly complex -- are...