From 65438 to 0962, he served as a short-term conductor in the Symphony Orchestra of Japan Broadcasting Association, and then went to the United States to serve as a permanent or guest conductor in Chicago Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra and Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Seiji Ozawa has been the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra since 1973.
20 15 In July, Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa, who is currently the music director of Boston Symphony Orchestra, won the Kennedy Center Honorary Award, becoming the first Japanese winner of this award since 1978 was founded.
The Seiji Ozawa family came to China as early as the early 1930s. At that time, his father Zuo Kai Ozawa worked as a dentist in Changchun and other places. After the September 18th Incident, his family moved to Shenyang, during which Seiji Ozawa was born. ?
1935, Seiji Ozawa was born in Shenyang, China. In the second year after his birth, his family moved to Beijing and lived there until the eve of the Pacific War. Therefore, Seiji Ozawa spent his childhood in China. According to his own memory, all his memories were Beijing before he went to primary school.
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Seiji Ozawa's Personal Works
Seiji Ozawa is a conductor with a rich repertoire. For decades, his works can be described as all-encompassing, including many works of different times and styles. But on the whole, he is more capable of interpreting romantic works and modernist works. In his romantic works, he gave a particularly prominent explanation to Russian music headed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky and French music headed by Berlioz and Ravel.
For example, in conducting French works, he has long been known as "Berlioz's expert in conducting works". As for modernist works, he is very good at the works of Stravinsky, Gershwin, Oneig and the second Vienna music composer. In addition, Seiji Ozawa is an outstanding interpreter of oriental music, especially for the works of Japanese composers, whose interpretation is the most authoritative.
What he is best at is the works of others, such as, Xiao, Mao and so on. For these works, he performed extensively all over the world, and many of them were recorded. His outstanding achievements in this field have greatly promoted the spread of Japanese pop art all over the world.
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Baidu Encyclopedia-Seiji Ozawa