Seiji Ozawa: Quick Facts


Facts

Born September 1, 1935 • Shenyang • China
Died February 6, 2024 (aged 88) • Tokyo • Japan
Awards And Honors Kennedy Center Honors (2015) • Praemium Imperiale (2011)

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Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta
Indian conductor and musician
Mstislav Rostropovich
Mstislav Rostropovich
Russian musician
James Levine
James Levine
American conductor and pianist
Menuhin.
Yehudi Menuhin, Lord Menuhin of Stoke d’Abernon
American violinist and conductor
André Previn.
André Previn
American composer and musician
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Robert Shaw
American conductor
Eugene Ormandy, 1966.
Eugene Ormandy
American conductor
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Morton Gould
American musician and composer
Leonard Bernstein, wearing a dark suit and red pocket square, conducts with his right arm raised, baton in hand, in front of an orchestra in 1988.
Leonard Bernstein
American composer and conductor
Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez
French composer and conductor
Riccardo Muti
Riccardo Muti
Italian conductor
Luciano Berio, 1970
Luciano Berio
Italian composer
Georg Solti
Georg Solti
British conductor
Making music around the world
Claudio Abbado
Italian music director
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Leonard Slatkin
American conductor
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
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Harry Lawrence Freeman
American composer and conductor
Marvin Hamlisch seated at a grand piano, wearing glasses and a dark shirt, with orchestral instruments and music stands visible in the background.
Marvin Hamlisch
American composer, pianist, and conductor
Michael Tilson Thomas
Michael Tilson Thomas
American conductor and composer
Schuller, Gunther
Gunther Schuller
American composer