Seiji Ozawa, longtime conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, has died at 88
The pioneering Japanese-American conductor who led the Boston Symphony Orchestra for nearly decades died Tuesday.
Seiji Ozawa, the conductor who led the Boston Symphony Orchestra longer than any other music director, has died at age 88.
The conductor died Feb. 6 in Tokyo due to heart failure, according to a spokesperson for the Seiji Ozawa International Academy Switzerland.
In his Boston career, which spanned nearly three decades, he was a both a celebrated and controversial figure. When Ozawa arrived to lead the BSO in
