Seiji Ozawa
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Biography
[Edit]Seiji Ozawa, born of Japanese parents in Manchuria, began music lessons at the age of seven. At 16 he entered the Toho School of Music in Tokyo, intending to pursue a career as a professional pianist. He abandoned that plan after breaking both of his index fingers in a rugby game. It was then that he turned to conducting and composition. While still a student Ozawa gained podium experience with professional ensembles, including the NHK Symphony Orchestra and the Japan Philharmonic. He graduated in 1959 with first prizes in conducting and composition and traveled to Europe to pursue further studies. There, Ozawa supported himself as a traveling salesman of Japanese motor scooters. In the course of his work he saw a notice for an international conducting competition, entered it, and won. So impressed was one of the judges — longtime Boston Symphony conductor Charles Münch — that he arranged for Ozawa to study at the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood in the summer of 1960. Ozawa won the Koussevitzky Award as well as a scholarship to work with Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic. During a visit to Berlin, Leonard Bernstein hired him as an assistant conductor of the New York Philharmonic. Ozawa made his debut with the orchestra in Carnegie Hall on April 14, 1961, and traveled with the ensemble on tour (including appearances in Japan). From 1964 to 1968 Ozawa served as music director of the Ravinia Festival. His career burgeoned as he became noted for his brilliant performances, penetrating musical insight, and total command of the most complex scores. He enjoyed multiple successes as music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (1965-1969), including a career-making recording of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony and Takemitsu's November Steps. In 1968 he became music advisor to the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. In the following year he made his operatic debut at the Salzburg Festival and became principal guest conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In 1970 he became the music director of the San Francisco Symphony, and in that post proved himself a particular advocate of new music.
At the same time, Ozawa developed ever-closer ties to Boston. He became the co-artistic adviser of the Tanglewood Music Center in 1970, and in 1972 was named music advisor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. 1973 brought him the music directorship of the BSO as well the sole artistic directorship of Tanglewood. His tenure in Boston, which reached into the 21st century, was one of the longest in the history of any American orchestra.
Ozawa's career-long dedication to new music is evident from his role in the commissioning and/or premiering of works like Ligeti's San Francisco Polyphony (1975), Messiaen's opera Saint François d'Assise (1983), Davies' Symphony No. 2 (1981), and Harbison's Symphony No. 1 (1983). He assumed the post of music director of the Vienna State Opera in 2002. In 2010, severe health problems began limiting his schedule, although in 2013 he was able to resume a more slightly more active schedule.
Title: Happy Mothers Day With Ravel (CD1)
Artist: Seiji Ozawa, Jane Berbie, Maurice Ravel, Pierre Boulez, Monique Haas
Genre: Classical
Title: Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 (Gypsy Airs) - Single
Artist: Seiji Ozawa, Anne - Sophie Mutter, Orchestre National De France
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Title: Bizet: Carmen (Highlights)
Artist: Mirella Freni, Seiji Ozawa, Jessye Norman, Neil Shicoff, R. T. F. Choeur De Radio France
Genre: Opera
Title: Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; The Nutcracker; The Sleeping Beauty
Artist: Seiji Ozawa, Pletnev Mikhail
Genre: Classical
Title: A Gershwin Night (CD1)
Artist: Berliner Philharmoniker, Seiji Ozawa, Marcus Roberts Trio
Genre: Jazz
Title: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 / The Sleeping Beauty Suite
Artist: Seiji Ozawa, Orchestre De Paris
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Title: Liszt: Piano Concertos No. 1 & 2 - Totentanz
Artist: Seiji Ozawa, Krystian Zimerman, The Boston Pops Orchestra
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Title: The Complete RCA Recordings (CD4)
Artist: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Genre: Classical
Title: Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Artist: Seiji Ozawa, Mihoko Fujimura, Markus Eiche, Tokyo Opera Singers, Mito Chamber Orchestra, Kei Fukui, Rie Miyake
Genre: Classical
Title: The Tokyo Gala Concert (Live)
Artist: Seiji Ozawa, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Saito Kinen Orchestra, Diego Matheuz
Genre: Classical
Title: Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Totentanz
Artist: Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Krystian Zimerman
Genre: Classical
Title: Takemitsu: Requiem; Family Tree; My Way Of Life
Artist: Seiji Ozawa, Saito Kinen Orchestra
Genre: Classical
Title: Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2; Totentanz
Artist: Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Krystian Zimerman
Genre: Classical
Title: Classic Perlman: Rhapsody
Artist: Itzhak Perlman, Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra
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Title: Strauss: Don Quixote, Sonata for Cello and Piano
Artist: Seiji Ozawa, Emanuel Ax, Boston Symphony Orchestra
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Title: Strauss: Don Quixote, Die Liebe der Danae
Artist: Andrew Davis, Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra
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Title: The Complete RCA Recordings (CD1)
Artist: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Genre: Classical
Title: Ravel: L'Enfant Et Les Sortilèges; Shéhérazade
Artist: Seiji Ozawa, Saito Kinen Orchestra
Genre: Classical
Title: Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Artist: Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Genre: Classical
Title: Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Artist: Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Krystian Zimerman
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Title: The Complete RCA Recordings (CD3)
Artist: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Genre: Classical
Title: Rachmaninoff Goes to the Movies
Artist: Seiji Ozawa, André Watts / Andre Watts, Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic, Gary Graffman
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Collections
Title: 100 Best 20th Century Classics
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Title: 100 Best Violin
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Title: 50 Classical Masterworks
Genre: Classical
Title: Opera Obsession! Act III Opera's Greatest Hits
Genre: Opera
Title: Classical Music For Little Princes
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Title: 50 Best Romantic Classics
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Title: The Dark Side of Classical Music
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Title: Sinfini Music: Best Choral
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Title: The Complete Wedding Album: There Is Love
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Title: Classical Music: Your 100 Favourite Pieces
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Title: My Figure Skating Album
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Title: Viva Espana
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Title: My Ballerina Album
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Title: Shostakovich: The Complete Concertos
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Title: Classical Naptime for Tots
Genre: Kids
Title: 50 Essential Classical Pieces
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Title: For Yoga
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Title: Mad About the Waltz
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Title: A Russian Weekend
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Title: Fauré / Faure
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Title: Classical Masterpieces Vol. 2
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Title: One Hour of Classical Music: Stravinsky
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Title: Movie Classics
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Title: The #1 Adagios Album
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Title: Weekend Dreams
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Title: For Your Baby
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Title: For a Stormy Night
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Title: Top 100 Romantic Classical Music
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Title: A Romantic Weekend
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Title: The Yellow Guide to Classical Music
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Title: A Soprano Weekend
Genre: Opera
Title: An Opera Weekend
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Title: Mad About Tenors
Genre: Opera
Title: Mad About Sopranos
Genre: Opera
Title: Classical Arias: Alto
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Title: Beautiful Wedding Ceremony
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Title: 100 Romantic Classics
Genre: Orchestral, Orchestral
Title: Absolute Masterworks - High Energy
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Title: Prokofiev: Enfant Terrible
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Title: 100 Relaxing Classics
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Title: 50 x Bach
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Title: The 50 Greatest Opera Pieces
Title: 50 Classics for Baby
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Title: Balanchine Ballets
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Title: The 50 Greatest Classical Orchestras
Genre: Classical
Title: The British Music Collection
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Title: 100 Best Classical Composers
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Title: Masters of the Voice - Soprano
Genre: Opera
Title: Essential Ballroom Classics
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Title: 50 Best Classical Composers
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Title: 50 Best Motivational Pieces of Classical Music
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Title: Top 100 Adagios
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Title: Top 100 Cello
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Title: The Ultimate Relaxation Collection
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Title: Cello Meditations
Genre: Classical
Title: The 101 Most Essential Classical Music Pieces Ever
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Title: Classics For The 4th Of July
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Title: The Greatest Classical Composers of Germany
Genre: Classical
Title: Rachmaninoff: Vocalise
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Title: The 50 Greatest Performances of Classical Music
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Title: Maurice Ravel - Panorama
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Title: Essential Violin
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Title: 50 - 20th Century Classics
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Title: 50 Ballet Classics
Genre: Classical
Title: 100 Best Ballet
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Featuring albums
Title: The Essential Jessye Norman
Artist: Jessye Norman
Genre: Traditional Pop Music, Classical, Opera
Title: Gershwin Panorama: Bernstein - Ozawa - Previn - Levine
Artist: Los Angeles Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
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Title: Strawinsky: The Rite of Spring - Firebird Suite
Artist: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra
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Title: Bernstein Century: Ives - The Unanswered Question
Artist: Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic
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Title: Classical Masterpieces, Vol. 4
Artist: Herbert Von Karajan, James Levine, Eugen Jochum, Karl Böhm / Karl Bohm
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Title: Best of New Year's Concert
Artist: Herbert Von Karajan, Claudio Abbado, Wiener Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel
Genre: Opera
Title: Rostropovich - Mastercellist (Legendary Recordings 1956-1978)
Artist: Mstislav Rostropovich
Genre: Classical
Title: Concertos from the New World (Expanded Edition)
Artist: Kurt Masur, New York Philharmonic
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Title: Gershwin - Set: Bernstein/Ozawa/Previn/Levine (2 CDs)
Artist: Los Angeles Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
Genre: Classical
Title: Beautiful Wedding - Classical Music for the Wedding Dinner
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Classical
Title: Jacques Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann
Artist: Orchestre National De France / Seiji Ozawa
Genre: Classical
Title: Ravel-Set: Karajan/Boulez/Abbado/Ozawa/Argeric (2 CDs)
Artist: Claudio Abbado, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Genre: Classical
Title: Selected Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon (8 CDs)
Artist: Mstislav Rostropovich
Genre: Classical
Title: Selected Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon (8 CDs)
Artist: Mstislav Rostropovich
Genre: Classical
Title: Piano Fantasy: Music For Two Pianos (6 CDs)
Artist: Katia Labeque, Marielle Labeque
Genre: Classical
Title: Stravinsky: Rite Of Spring; Firebird Suite; Fireworks / Basic 100, Volume 8
Artist: Various
Genre: Classical