Ad Memoriam: Ozawa Seiji, World-Renowned Orchestra Conductor and Exceptional Musical Talent

Ozawa rehearsing for a performance in Paris, November 9, 1981. (© Marc Bulka/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

Ozawa conducting the Vienna Philharmonic for the New Year concert at Vienna’s Musikverein on January 1, 2002. (© AFP-Jiji)

Ozawa (center), founder of the Seiji Ozawa International Academy Switzerland, after conducting a concert at Victoria Hall in Geneva with young musicians from the Academy on June 28, 2014. (© Jiji)

Ozawa (center), founder of the Seiji Ozawa International Academy Switzerland, after conducting a concert at Victoria Hall in Geneva with young musicians from the Academy on June 28, 2014. (© Jiji)

Ozawa conducting the Saitō Kinen Orchestra in New York, December 18, 2010. (© Itō Hiroyuki/Getty Images)