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Seiji Ozawa
Personb. 1935 · Shenyang, Japan, Japan
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Seiji Ozawa is a Japanese conductor and composer born in 1935 in Shenyang, China. He studied in Tokyo and later at Tanglewood with Charles Munch and Pierre Monteux. Ozawa became music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, then the San Francisco Symphony, and served as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1973 to 2002. He founded the Saito Kinen Orchestra and Festival in Matsumoto, Japan, and led the Vienna State Opera from 2002 to 2010. Ozawa is known for his broad repertoire spanning Romantic symphonies, contemporary works, and opera, and has recorded extensively with major orchestras. He has collaborated with soloists including Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, and Martha Argerich.
Popular tracks
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8 Humoresques, Op. 101, B. 187: No. 7, Poco lento e grazioso (Transcribed by Oscar Morawetz for Violin, Cello & Orchestra)
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Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61: No. 9, Wedding March
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Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488: 2. Adagio - Live
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Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: I. Moderato
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Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: III. Allegro scherzando
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Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto
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Ancient Airs & Dances, Suite III, P. 172: III. Siciliana (Anonymous)
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Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1: III. Intermezzo
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Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1: I. Vivace
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Overture "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Op. 21
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The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH.14 / Act 1: No. 2 March
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Pavane, Op. 50 (Choral Version)
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Albums
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Album · 2003
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Album · 1994
Hosokawa / Mozart (Live)
Album · 2021
Faure: Pelléas et Mélisande
Album · 1987
Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Totentanz
Album · 1988
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker / The Sleeping Beauty / Romeo and Juliet
Album · 1999
Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances
Album · 1979
Bizet: Suites from Carmen & L'Arlésienne
Album · 1984
Jacques Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann
Album · 1989
Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, op.64
Album · 1987
Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie
Album · 2024
Music of The World - National Anthems
Album · 1997