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Seiji Ozawa, innovative Japanese conductor, dies at 88

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[ad_1] Seiji Ozawa, the shaggy-haired, high-wire Japanese maestro who served as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for nearly 30 years and was widely considered the first Asian conductor to gain world renown leading a classical orchestra, died on February 6 at his home in Tokyo. He was 88 years old. The Seiji Ozawa … Read more

Seiji Ozawa, captivating director, has died at 88

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[ad_1] Seiji Ozawa, the lively Japanese conductor who took the Western classical music world by storm in the 1960s and ’70s and was music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1973 to 2002, died Feb. 6 in Tokyo. He was 88 years old. The cause was heart failure, said a spokeswoman for the Seiji … Read more