Seiji Ozawa, the Japanese conductor who thrilled audiences during six seasons directing the S.F. Symphony and three decades at the helm of the Boston Symphony Orchestra has died.
TOKYO -- Seiji Ozawa, the Japanese conductor who amazed audiences with the lithe physicality of his performances during three decades at the helm of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, has died, his management office said Friday. He was 88.The internationally acclaimed maestro, with his trademark mop of salt-and-pepper hair, led the BSO from 1973 to 2002, longer than any other conductor in the orchestra's history. From 2002 to 2010, he was the music director of the Vienna State Opera.
'He directed various ensembles including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra as well as the San Francisco Symphony before beginning his tenure as music director in Boston in 1973.At the time there were few nonwhite musicians on the international scene. Ozawa embraced the challenge and it became his lifelong passion to help Japanese performers demonstrate they could be first-class musicians. In his 1967 book 'The Great Conductors,' critic Harold C.
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