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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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Maestros meet onstage at music festival honoring Seiji Ozawa

MATSUMOTO, Nagano Prefecture--John Williams, the composer behind some of the most memorable film scores in the history of cinema, conducted the Saito Kinen Orchestra on Sept. 2 at the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival (OMF), a music festival being held here through Sept. 6. It was his first visit to Japan in about 30 years. For about an hour, Williams, 91, conducted a series of his own compositions, including “Harry Potter” and “Schindler's […]

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