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   Who is the new music director at Tanglewood?

   • And Carlos Simon was named to a new composer post. Andris Nelsons, the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s music director, leading the ensemble at Tanglewood, where he has been named head of conducting, in news that included the extension of his contract. Hilary Scott

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   Who is the longest tenure of a Boston Symphony conductor?

   • The committee eventually chose Seiji Ozawa, who became Music Director in 1973 and held the post until 2002, the longest tenure of any Boston Symphony conductor.

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   Who conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra?

   • Ozawa conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with soloist Yo-Yo Ma, in Prague. In Japan, Ozawa's father was a country dentist who — as the story goes — pulled a piano 25 miles in a wagon so his son would have an instrument to play. But as a teenager, Ozawa sprained a finger playing rugby, so he turned to conducting.

   Conductor Seiji Ozawa has died at the age of 88 : NPR

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   Why is the BSO called Tanglewood?

   • He took the BSO to China, making it the first U.S. cultural organization to do so after relations with the country were normalized. At Tanglewood, the summer home of the BSO, a new hall was named after Ozawa in 1994. During his Boston tenure, Ozawa never forgot his native Japan.

   Conductor Seiji Ozawa has died at the age of 88 : NPR

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2. www.npr.org › sections › deceptivecadenceConductor Seiji Ozawa has died at the age of 88 : NPR

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   Feb 9, 2024 · 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...

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   Jan 25, 2024 · Hilary Scott. By Joshua Barone. Jan. 25, 2024. The tenure of Chad Smith, the innovative arts leader who last year left the Los Angeles Philharmonic to run the comparatively old-fashioned Boston...

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   Bernard Haitink had held the title of principal guest conductor of the BSO from 1995 to 2004, then conductor emeritus until his death in 2021. The orchestra has made gramophone recordings since 1917 and has occasionally played on soundtrack recordings for films, including Schindler's List . History. Early years.

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   Feb 9, 2024 · Seiji Ozawa, the Japanese conductor who amazed audiences with the lithe physicality of his performances during three decades at the helm of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, has died, his management office said Friday. He was 88.

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   Andris Nelsons OBE (born 18 November 1978) is a Latvian conductor. He is currently music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Gewandhauskapellmeister of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.

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   Henschel was succeeded by the German-born and -trained conductors Wilhelm Gericke, Arthur Nikisch, Emil Paur, Max Fiedler, and the legendary Karl Muck, who served two tenures, 1906-08 and 1912-18. In 1915 the orchestra made its first transcontinental trip, playing thirteen concerts at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco.

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   Feb 9, 2024 · 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...