Images: Life of captivating conductor Seiji Ozawa
World-renowned conductor Seiji Ozawa has died of heart failure at his home in Tokyo, his management office said Friday.
PHOTO: Shizuo Kambayashi
The acclaimed Japanese maestro led the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1973 to 2002, longer than any other conductor in the orchestra’s 128-year history.
PHOTO: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Itzhak Perlman, Seiji Ozawa, and Yo-Yo Ma backstage during the BSO's European Tour, December 1993
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Keith Lockhart, John Williams, and Seiji Ozawa play the piano during the Symphony Hall Centennial Ball, Oct. 12, 2000.
PHOTO: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa and Mstislav Rostropovich
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Seiji Ozawa and Yo-Yo Ma during the BSO's 1984 European Tour
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Seiji Ozawa conducting in Symphony Hall
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Seiji Ozawa conducting, ca. 1983
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Seiji Ozawa on the Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood
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Seiji Ozawa with Leonard Bernstein 1980
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TMC conducting student Seiji Ozawa conducts the TMC orchestra in a rehearsal, while conductor Eleazar de Carvalho observes, ca. 1960
PHOTO: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons and Seiji Ozawa backstage at Symphony Hall in 2013
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Seiji Ozawa boarding plane departing from China, 1979
PHOTO: Boston Symphony Orchestra
World-renowned conductor Seiji Ozawa has died of heart failure at his home in Tokyo, his management office said Friday.
PHOTO: Shizuo Kambayashi
The acclaimed Japanese maestro led the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1973 to 2002, longer than any other conductor in the orchestra’s 128-year history.
PHOTO: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Itzhak Perlman, Seiji Ozawa, and Yo-Yo Ma backstage during the BSO's European Tour, December 1993
PHOTO: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, John Williams, and Seiji Ozawa play the piano during the Symphony Hall Centennial Ball, Oct. 12, 2000.
PHOTO: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa and Mstislav Rostropovich
PHOTO: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa and Yo-Yo Ma during the BSO's 1984 European Tour
PHOTO: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa conducting in Symphony Hall
PHOTO: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa conducting, ca. 1983
PHOTO: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa on the Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood
PHOTO: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa with Leonard Bernstein 1980
PHOTO: Boston Symphony Orchestra
TMC conducting student Seiji Ozawa conducts the TMC orchestra in a rehearsal, while conductor Eleazar de Carvalho observes, ca. 1960
PHOTO: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons and Seiji Ozawa backstage at Symphony Hall in 2013
PHOTO: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa boarding plane departing from China, 1979
PHOTO: Boston Symphony Orchestra
World-renowned conductor Seiji Ozawa has died of heart failure at his home in Tokyo, his management office said Friday.
PHOTO: Shizuo Kambayashi
The acclaimed Japanese maestro led the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1973 to 2002, longer than any other conductor in the orchestra’s 128-year history.
PHOTO: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Itzhak Perlman, Seiji Ozawa, and Yo-Yo Ma backstage during the BSO's European Tour, December 1993
PHOTO: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, John Williams, and Seiji Ozawa play the piano during the Symphony Hall Centennial Ball, Oct. 12, 2000.
PHOTO: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa and Mstislav Rostropovich
PHOTO: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa and Yo-Yo Ma during the BSO's 1984 European Tour
PHOTO: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa conducting in Symphony Hall
PHOTO: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa conducting, ca. 1983
PHOTO: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa on the Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood
PHOTO: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa with Leonard Bernstein 1980
PHOTO: Boston Symphony Orchestra
TMC conducting student Seiji Ozawa conducts the TMC orchestra in a rehearsal, while conductor Eleazar de Carvalho observes, ca. 1960
PHOTO: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons and Seiji Ozawa backstage at Symphony Hall in 2013
PHOTO: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa boarding plane departing from China, 1979
PHOTO: Boston Symphony Orchestra
The acclaimed Japanese maestro led the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1973 to 2002, longer than any other conductor in the orchestra’s 128-year history.