Seiji Ozawa 1935-2024

I really enjoyed reading his conversations with Haruki Murakami [1].

[1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28092838

The recording[1] he made with Leon Fleisher of Ravel's left-handed piano concerto is one of my favorites.

Reading about their falling out at Tanglewood in the 90s, Ozawa appears to have been a decisive chief executive too[2].

[1] https://www.discogs.com/release/14527513-Ravel-Prokofiev-Bri...

[2] https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/lifestyle/1998/01/12/e...

One of the greats. Seiji will be missed, but we will always have his music.

The Boston Classical Review naturally focuses on his time with the BSO, but before that he led the San Francisco Symphony from 1970-1976, right around the time I moved to the Bay Area.

More from Associated Press via the Mercury News, with some cool photos:

https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/02/09/seiji-ozawa-dies-at-8...

Original AP article with more awesome photos:

https://apnews.com/article/seiji-ozawa-conductor-dead-2357f6...

Sad news indeed, Seiji Ozawa was a great artist. His many excellent recording will keep our memories of him alive.

Here he was on "What's my line?", this is while he was young enough not to be a celebrity guest https://youtu.be/K8u6MoA7fv0?si=McDOrCqNad5zv2vM