(1/3) With great sorrow, we announce the death of beloved @BostonSymphony Music Director Laureate Seiji Ozawa, who passed away on February 6 at age 88 in Tokyo.
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Tanglewood is one of the country’s premier summer music festivals and summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 1937.
- As we remember Seiji Ozawa's legacy, take a look back with us at his last performance as @BostonSymphony's Music Director at Tanglewood in 2002, conducting Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique.
00:00 - On August 19, 1990, Leonard Bernstein conducted Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in his last performance with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood. Please enjoy this clip via BSO archives. #25daysofbernstein
00:00 - .@YujaWang joins the @BostonSymphony and @andris_nelsons on July 15 for Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Bernstein. bit.ly/2pMdSRq
- Music Director Laureate Seiji Ozawa was born #OnThisDay in 1935. #HappyBirthday! 📸: Seiji Ozawa conducts Franck’s Symphony in D at Tanglewood in 1965. Photo by: Heinz Weissenstein
- Are you the ultimate @joshgroban fan? Enter to win two tickets to his show at #Tanglewood & a chance to meet Josh! bit.ly/Tabm5g
- Last night, the @WyntonMarsalis Quintet and the Ellis Marsalis Quintet performed at #Tanglewood, kicking off the final weekend of the summer season!
- Members of the @BostonSymphony, @nyphil, & Israel Philharmonic @AmFriendsIPO, all performing in tomorrow's Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at #Tanglewood, spoke with the @nytimes about what it was like playing for #LeonardBernstein @LennyBernstein
- Replying to @TanglewoodMA(2/3) The @BostonSymphony's longest-serving conductor, holding the title of Music Director for 29 years (1973–2002), Seiji was a kind and thoughtful humanitarian, a musical genius who combined a balletic grace at the podium with a prodigious memory...
- Replying to @TanglewoodMA(3/3) ... and an inveterate lover of all things Boston and its sports teams. His legacy lives on through our many fond memories and his unforgettable recordings. View our tribute to Seiji → bit.ly/3HPZ8JP
- Last night, @andris_nelsons led the @BostonSymphony in Puccini's 'La bohème' with a cast of vocalists including @KristineOpolais, @TenorTetelman, @sopsus, Franko Vassallo, @elliotmadore, @lucapisaroni, Paul Plishka, Neal Ferreira, and David Cushing! #tanglewood
