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Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa (Book Review)
[…] lovers of classical music have at least a few recordings in their collection that feature Maestro Ozawa. He was at the helm of the venerable Boston Symphony Orchestra for nearly 30 years and with that orchestra made a number of noteworthy recordings, especially of French music. In particular, his recordings of Ravel with the BSO are among the finest available. Later in his career he returned to Japan and made some outstanding recordings with the Saito Kinen Orchestra, which he founded. There is most likely a subset of classical musical fans that includes fans of the Japanese author Haruki Murakami. I first became acquainted with his writing when I pretty much randomly picked up a paperback copy some years ago of his novel Kafka on the Shore to read while recuperating from some impending surgery. I found myself spellbound, and since then have read just about every book he has ever published, fiction […]
2024-02-13 23:03:00
After the question arose elsewhere, I asked San Francisco Symphony about Seiji Ozawa's appearances with SFS after he stepped down as music director. Here's the answer:After the 1976-77 season, Ozawa conducted:January 11-14, 1978 – Tchaikovsky Swan LakeJanuary 18-21, 1978 – Brahms Symphony No. 3 & Roger Sessions When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'dNovember 9, 1986 – Pension Fund Concert – Ravel’s La Valse, Schumann’s Symphony No. 2, and Kei Anjo’s Who-ei for Erh-hu and OrchestraFebruary 23, 1993 – Pension Fund Concert – Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 and Bernstein’s The Age of AnxietyOctober 29, 2001 – Pension Fund Concert – Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8 and Berlioz Symphonie fantastique Ozawa also came to Davies Symphony Hall with the BSO twice (March 12, 1981 and February 13, 1996) and Saito Kinen Orchestra once (January 7, 2001).
All the conducting master class
2023-01-19 09:45:00
2023 Sask. Orchestral Assn. International Saito Conducting Workshop: July 22 – 29, 2023 in Saskatoon, SK, Canada
“The workshop is still one of the greatest life changing moments in my career!” – Dr. Scott MacLennan “This workshop was a life-changing experience. The combination of a clear, concise methodology and sequential pedagogy coupled with a vocabulary of gestures make the […]
2022-08-29 13:53:16
Bruckner, 3 conductors, 2022
[…] Bruckner: Seiji Ozawa, born on September 1st of 1935. One of the most important conductors of the last 50 years, Ozawa was sometimes criticized, especially at the end of his tenure at the Boston Symphony Orchestra. We have a special feeling for Ozawa, as we heard him conduct the Boston Symphony in the most remarkable Mahler 3rd in 1998 in Vienna’s Musikverein. Here’s the first movement of Bruckner’s Symphony no. 7. Seiji Ozawa conducts the Saito Kinen Orchestra.
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