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Seiji Ozawa

1935 - 2024

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Seiji Ozawa (小澤 征爾, Ozawa Seiji; September 1, 1935 – February 6, 2024) was a Japanese conductor known internationally for his work as music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, and especially the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO), where he served from 1973 for 29 years. After conducting the Vienna New Year's Concert in 2002, he was director of the Vienna State Opera until 2010. In Japan, he founded the Saito Kinen Orchestra in 1984, their festival in 1992, and the Tokyo Opera Nomori in 2005. Ozawa rose to fame after he won the 1959 Besançon competition. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Seiji Ozawa is the 16th most popular conductor (down from 9th in 2019), the 313th most popular biography from China (down from 191st in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Conductor.

Ozawa is most famous for his interpretations of the works of Beethoven, Brahms, and Mahler.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Seiji Ozawa ranks 16 out of 128Before him are Lorin Maazel, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Bruno Walter, Otto Klemperer, Felix Weingartner, and Herbert Blomstedt. After him are Rafael Kubelík, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Kurt Masur, Carlo Maria Giulini, Erich Kleiber, and Hans Knappertsbusch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Seiji Ozawa ranks 62Before him are Abdou Diouf, Zhelyu Zhelev, William Friedkin, Ernesto Laclau, David Lodge, and Monique Wittig. After him are Mirella Freni, Pranab Mukherjee, Donald P. Bellisario, Wim Duisenberg, Azzedine Alaïa, and Lorenzo Bandini. Among people deceased in 2024, Seiji Ozawa ranks 82Before him are Angelo Amato, Marcello Gandini, Daniel Dennett, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, Fraser Stoddart, and Gustavo Gutiérrez. After him are Iris Apfel, Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar, Geneviève Grad, Silvia Pinal, Richard Serra, and Issa Hayatou.

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In China

Among people born in China, Seiji Ozawa ranks 313 out of 1,610Before him are Wu Zixu (-526), Feng Yuxiang (1882), Lu Xun (183), Yoshiko Kawashima (1907), Uskhal Khan Tögüs Temür (1342), and Xiahou Yuan (200). After him are Mao Anying (1922), Xu Huang (169), Jangsu of Goguryeo (394), Emperor Xiaozong of Song (1127), Shi Nai'an (1296), and Wei Zhongxian (1568).

Among CONDUCTORS In China

Among conductors born in China, Seiji Ozawa ranks 1