Ozawa

American  

[oh-zah-wuh] / oʊˈzɑ wə /

noun

1. Seiji 1935–2024, Japanese conductor in the the United States, Canada, Japan, and Austria.

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Example Sentences

Mr. Ozawa’s direction tells the opera’s story clearly without anchoring it in any specific time, place, or religious tradition.

From The Wall Street Journal

Lives lived: Seiji Ozawa, a high-spirited Japanese conductor who directed the Boston Symphony Orchestra for decades, died at 88.

From New York Times

Seiji Ozawa, the eminent Japanese conductor whose death, at 88, was announced on Friday, was a force at the podium.

From New York Times

When Ozawa conducted the Boston orchestra in 2006 for the first time since he left four years before, he received a hero’s welcome with a nearly six-minute ovation.

From Seattle Times

The next year prominent faculty members — including the pianists Leon Fleisher, the center’s artistic director, and Gilbert Kalish, its faculty chairman — left in protest, citing a lack of any clear vision from Mr. Ozawa.

From New York Times