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Tribute concert for late Japan conductor Seiji Ozawa

A tribute concert for the late Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa is held on July 9, 2024, in Geneva.

Tribute concert for late Japan conductor Seiji Ozawa

A tribute concert for the late Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa is held by the Seiji Ozawa International Academy Switzerland on July 9, 2024, in Geneva.

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Opera by late conductor Ozawa's company

"Cosi fan tutte," an opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is performed in Kyoto on March 15, 2024, by a company of early-career musicians that had been headed by late Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa. Ozawa died at 88 on Feb. 6.

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Opera by late conductor Ozawa's company

"Cosi fan tutte," an opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is performed in Kyoto on March 15, 2024, by a company of early-career musicians that had been headed by late Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa. Ozawa died at 88 on Feb. 6.

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Condolences to late Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa

People pray at a flower stand set up in front of photo of the late Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa in Matsumoto in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 10, 2024, following his Feb. 6 death at age 88.

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Record shop corner for late Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa

Photo taken on Feb. 10, 2024, shows a special section earmarked for Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa at a Tower Records shop in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward, following his recent death at age 88.

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Record shop corner for late Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa

Photo taken on Feb. 10, 2024, shows a special section earmarked for Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa at a Tower Records shop in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward, following his recent death at age 88.

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Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa dies at 88

Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa receives a bouquet from a student after performing at a junior high school in Yamanouchi in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 2, 2010. Ozawa died at 88 on Feb. 6, 2024, of heart failure.

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Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa dies at 88

Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa performs during a concert in Matsumoto in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, in September 2010. Ozawa died at 88 on Feb. 6, 2024, of heart failure.

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Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa dies at 88

Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa performs during a training session for young people in Yamanouchi in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 1, 2010. Ozawa died at 88 on Feb. 6, 2024, of heart failure.

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Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa dies at 88

Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa gives an interview in Tokyo on May 27, 2015. Ozawa died at 88 on Feb. 6, 2024, from heart failure.

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Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa dies at 88

Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa directs the Boston Symphony Orchestra during a concert in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, in March 1978. Ozawa died at 88 on Feb. 6, 2024, from heart failure.

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Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa dies at 88

Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa (R) and American conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein (L) sing in a chorus in front of a monument for atomic bomb victims at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima in August 1985. Ozawa died at 88 on Feb. 6, 2024, from heart failure.

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Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa dies at 88

Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa meets the press in Tokyo in November 2008, after receiving the Order of Culture medal from Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace. Ozawa died at 88 on Feb. 6, 2024, from heart failure.

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Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa dies at 88

Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa receives a bouquet of flowers after his last performance with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Boston in April 2002. Ozawa died at 88 on Feb. 6, 2024, from heart failure.

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Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa dies at 88

Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa (C) performs during a concert in Hiroshima held in October 2005 to mark the 60th anniversary of an U.S. atomic bomb being dropped on the western Japan city. Ozawa died at 88 on Feb. 6, 2024, from heart failure.

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Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa dies at 88

Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa (C) acknowledges the audience during an opera concert in Beijing held in October 2002 to mark the 30th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic ties between Japan and China. Ozawa died at 88 on Feb. 6, 2024, from heart failure.

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Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa dies at 88

Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa attends a press conference in Kyoto in February 2016, after receiving the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording. Ozawa died at 88 on Feb. 6, 2024, from heart failure.

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Seiji Ozawa at work in Nagano

YAMANOUCHI, Japan - Seiji Ozawa conducts during a training session for young musicians at Mori no Ongakudo music hall in the city of Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 1, 2010.

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Seiji Ozawa at work in Nagano

YAMANOUCHI, Japan - Seiji Ozawa receives a bouquet after conducting a concert at Yamanouchi Junior High School in the city of Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 2, 2010.

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Maestro Ozawa recruits Chinese talent for training in Japan

BEIJING, China - Chinese musicians take part in an audition organized by famed Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa in Beijing on Jan. 5. Ozawa will recruit Chinese operatic and orchestral talent for a special training session in Japan.

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Ozawa appoints Okada, Maehara as vice DPJ presidents

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of Katsuya Okada, who was appointed as vice president of the Democratic Party of Japan on Aug. 31. DPJ leader Ichiro Ozawa also appointed former party chief Seiji Maehara as vice president. Maehara was a former DPJ president.

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Ozawa appoints Okada, Maehara as vice DPJ presidents

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of Seiji Maehara, who was appointed as vice president of the Democratic Party of Japan on Aug. 31. Maehara was a former DPJ president. DPJ leader Ichiro Ozawa also appointed former party chief Katsuya Okada as vice president.

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Conductor Ozawa takes chorus practice for pupils

KAWASAKI, Japan - Conductor Seiji Ozawa holds chorus practice for fourth to sixth graders at Minamiikuta Elementary School in Kawasaki, southwest of Tokyo, on Sept. 22, 2014.

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Conductor Ozawa takes chorus practice for school children

KAWASAKI, Japan - Conductor Seiji Ozawa offers guidance on choral singing to 513 pupils at Minamiikuta Elementary School in Kawasaki, southwest of Tokyo, on Sept. 22, 2014.

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Conductor Ozawa to direct opera at new Kyoto theater

KYOTO, Japan - Globally renowned conductor Seiji Ozawa (C) announces a plan to direct an opera at a theater opening in Kyoto, western Japan, in 2016 at a press conference on Sept. 11, 2014. The plan is part of a one-year program to commemorate the inauguration of the theater which is scheduled for Jan. 10, 2016.

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Conductor Ozawa performs with Niyama

MATSUMOTO, Japan - Haruo Niyama, a 17-year-old high school student who won an international ballet competition in Lausanne, Switzerland, in February, performs to Mozart's Minuet conducted by Seiji Ozawa (L) during the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto in the city of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on Sept. 6, 2014. The annual festival, which is one of the premier classical music festivals in Japan, will be renamed the Seiji Ozawa Matsumto Festival from next year.

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Conductor Ozawa performs with Niyama

MATSUMOTO, Japan - Haruo Niyama, a 17-year-old high school student who won an international ballet competition in Lausanne, Switzerland, in February, performs to Mozart's Minuet conducted by Seiji Ozawa (R) during the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto in the city of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on Sept. 6, 2014. The annual festival, which is one of the premier classical music festivals in Japan, will be renamed the Seiji Ozawa Matsumto Festival from next year.

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Conductor Ozawa performs with Niyama

MATSUMOTO, Japan - Haruo Niyama, a 17-year-old high school student who won an international ballet competition in Lausanne, Switzerland, in February, performs to Mozart's Minuet conducted by Seiji Ozawa (L) during the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto in the city of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on Sept. 6, 2014. The annual festival, which is one of the premier classical music festivals in Japan, will be renamed the Seiji Ozawa Matsumto Festival from next year.

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SKF Matsumoto to be renamed Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival

TOKYO, Japan - Renowned conductor Seiji Ozawa gives a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 4, 2014, regarding the renaming of the annual Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto, a music festival in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, to "Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival" from next year.

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Conductor Ozawa gets big applause from Swiss audience

GENEVA, Switzerland - Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa receives a standing ovation from the audience in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 28, 2014, after conducting musicians of the Seiji Ozawa International Academy Switzerland.

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Conductor Ozawa takes up baton in Switzerland

GENEVA, Switzerland - Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa receives a standing ovation from the audience in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 28, 2014, after conducting 25 string players of the Seiji Ozawa International Academy Switzerland.

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Conductor Ozawa takes the baton in Europe

ROLLE, Switzerland - Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa takes the baton for a group of young string players from the academy he founded, in Rolle, Switzerland, on June 26, 2014.

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Conductor Ozawa talks about wish to hold concert in China

GENEVA, Switzerland - Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa gives an interview in Rolle, Switzerland, on June 20, 2014, saying he would like to hold a concert in China.

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Conductor Ozawa, dancer Niyama paired for music festival

MATSUMOTO, Japan - World-renowned conductor Seiji Ozawa (L) and Prix de Lausanne dance contest winner Haruo Niyama pose at a press conference in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on June 2, 2014. The pair is scheduled to appear jointly during an annual music festival in the eastern Japan city.

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Conductors Ozawa, Luisi

TOKYO, Japan - Orchestra conductors Seiji Ozawa (L) and Fabio Luisi are pictured during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2014, on the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto to be held from August to September 2014.

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Maestro Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa, who received the Global Citizen Award in New York on Sept. 26, 2013, from a U.S. public policy group for his "inspirational and historic contributions to the arts."

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Conductor Seiji Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - Conductor Seiji Ozawa holds a press conference in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on April 3, 2013. Ozawa said he will take to the podium for two concerts in late July given by a chamber music ensemble of young string players from Asia.

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Ozawa to become director general of Art Tower Mito

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa. Art Tower Mito in Ibaraki Prefecture said on March 31, 2013, Ozawa will become its director general on April 1.

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Maestro Ozawa conducts elementary school choir

KAWASAKI, Japan - Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa directs a choir at Minami-Ikuta Elementary School in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Feb. 27, 2013. Ozawa conducted the choir of 340 primary school pupils the same day, his first public performance since ill health forced him to suspend musical activities in March 2012.

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Maestro Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa. He will make a comeback in August 2013 at the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto, conducting French composer Maurice Ravel's opera "The Child and the Spells," the festival's organizing committee said Feb. 18, 2013. Ozawa has suspended public musical activities since March 2012 to recover his strength and concentrate on rehabilitation after his condition deteriorated.

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Conductor Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - Conductor Seiji Ozawa meets the press after watching an opera performance in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Oct. 26, 2012.

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Conductor Ozawa given 1st medal by Tanglewood music festival

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa. Ozawa was presented with the first-ever Tanglewood medal in absentia at the 75 anniversary celebration of the Tanglewood music festival in Massachusetts on July 14, 2012.

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Classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida dies at 98

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo in December 2011 shows (from L) novelist Saiichi Maruya, classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida and conductor Seiji Ozawa, chatting at a party to celebrate the awarding of the Order of Culture to Maruya. Yoshida died of acute heart failure on May 22, 2012, at his home in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. He was 98.

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Conductor Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa. His office said in March 7, 2012, that Ozawa will cancel all of his scheduled performances through the end of February 2013 so he can concentrate on regaining his health.

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Conductor Ozawa shows rehearsal to students

MITO, Japan - Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa gives instructions to the Mito Chamber Orchestra during a rehearsal open to students in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Jan. 18, 2012.

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Conductor Ozawa receives Praemium Imperiale

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa smiles as he received the Praemium Imperiale for the field of music in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2011. The global arts prize is awarded annually by the Japan Art Association in honor of Prince Takamatsu, an uncle of Emperor Akihito.

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Music festival in China without maestro Ozawa

BEIJING, China - People enter the venue where a music festival given by the Saito Kinen Orchestra of Japan begins in Beijing on Sept. 1, 2011. On the right is notice explaining that the renowned Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa, the orchestra's founder, has had to cancel his planned performance due to health problems.

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Maestro Ozawa back to podium

MATSUMOTO, Japan - Conductor Seiji Ozawa (2nd from R) joins the curtain call at a music festival in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 27, 2011, after conducting the Saito Kinen Orchestra in Bela Bartok's one-act opera ''Bluebeard's Castle.'' Ozawa had cancelled his appearances twice due to health problems.

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Maestro Ozawa back to podium

MATSUMOTO, Japan - Conductor Seiji Ozawa responds to the audience at a music festival in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 27, 2011, after conducting the Saito Kinen Orchestra in Bela Bartok's one-act opera ''Bluebeard's Castle.'' Ozawa had cancelled his appearances twice due to health problems.