THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 9, 2024 at 20:19 JST
Seiji Ozawa shows his energetic conducting style at a concert in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, in September 2010. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Conductor Seiji Ozawa, who led postwar Japan’s classical music world and remained at the forefront of some of the greatest symphonies on the planet, died of heart failure on Feb. 6. He was 88. [Read More]
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