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Seiji Ozawa obituary | Classical music

Seiji Ozawa, who has died aged 88, was one of the leading conductors of his generation. Though his place in the pantheon of truly great conductors was questionable, Ozawa was for several decades a major player on the international scene and a figure of some historical significance on several counts.He was, to begin with, the first conductor from Japan to achieve recognition in the west, the only one to date […]

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Roger Whittaker, singer of The Last Farewell, Durham Town and other easy-listening hits – obituary

As a boarder at Nairobi School, then known as Prince of Wales, he sang in the choir and during the Mau Mau uprising patrolled the grounds at night armed with a rifle. But it was Army life that proved transformative. “Before I did National Service in the Kenya Regiment I was stupid, selfish and angry,” Whittaker recalled. “The Army made a man out of me.”Encouraged by his parents he studied […]

todaySeptember 19, 2023 16

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