Seiji Ozawa

Seiji Ozawa (1935-2024) was a Japanese conductor, born to Japanese parents in Shenyang, China. He was music director of the Toronto and San Francisco symphonies before leading the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1973 to 2002. In 1983 he conducted the premiere of Messiaen's opera Saint François d'Assise in Paris, and he long championed Toru Takemitsu. Recordings include Toshio Hosokawa's Lotus under the moonlight with Momo Kodama on ECM.