Thursday, May 24, 2012

Interesting Facts about Seiji Ozawa, a famous Japanese orchestra conductor

Seiji Ozawa, a famous Japanese orchestra conductor.

  • Seiji Ozawa was born on 1935 in Hoten, China.
  • He was hurt in a rugby accident, on 1952.
  • At the same year, He turned from playing piano to conducting
  • On 1960, He won Koussevitsky Prize for outstanding student conductor 
  • From 1961 to 1962, he was made assistant conductor under Leonard Bernstein of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra
  • He served as conductor from 1965 to 1970 of the Toronto Symphony
  • From 1973 to 2002, he was hired as director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra 


No comments:

Post a Comment