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| 2002 |
Begins
tenure as Music Director, Vienna State Opera |
| 1999 |
Awarded
the Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur by French President Jacques Chirac
for his conducting work and for his support of French composers, his devotion
to the French public, and his work at the Paris Opera |
| 1998 |
Closed
the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremonies in Nagano (Japan), leading Beethoven's
"Ode to Joy" with performers including 6 choruses - in Japan,
Australia, China, Germany, South Africa, and the US - linked by satellite |
| 1997 |
Named "Musician of the Year" by Musical America |
| 1994
|
Inauguration
of the Seiji Ozawa Hall in Tanglewood
Second Emmy award for Individual Achievement in Cultural Programming for
"Dvorak in Prague: A Celebration"
First recipient of Japan's prestigious Inouye Award (named after the preeminent
Japanese novelist) recognizing lifetime achievement in the arts |
| 1992 |
Co-founded
the Saito Kinen Orchestra in Matsumoto, Japan
Debuted at the Metropolitan Opera, conducting Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin |
| 1991 |
Named
Honorary Artistic Director, New Japan Philharmonic |
| 1984 |
Co-founded
Japan's Saito Kinen Orchestra |
| 1979 |
Led
the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the first concert appearance in China by
an American ensemble following the establishment of diplomatic relations |
| 1976 |
First
Emmy award for the BSO's PBS Television Series "Evening at the Symphony" |
| 1973-present |
Music
Director, Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| 1972 |
Music
Adviser, Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| 1970-76 |
Music
Director, San Francisco Symphony |
| 1970 |
Became
Artistic Director of Tanglewood |
| 1968 |
Made
his first Symphony Hall appearance with the Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| 1965-69 |
Music
Director, Toronto Symphony |
| 1964-69 |
Music
Director, Ravinia Festival (Chicago) |
| 1964 |
Conducted
the Boston Symphony Orchestra for the first time in Tanglewood |
| 1962 |
Conducted
the San Francisco Symphony, his first professional concert appearance in
North America |
| 1961-62 |
Assistant
Conductor, New York Philharmonic |
| 1961 |
While
working with Herbert von Karajan in Berlin, came to the attention of Leonard
Bernstein who invited him to join the New York Philharmonic on its concert
tour of Japan |
| 1960 |
Koussevitzky
Prize for outstanding student conductor, Tanglewood |
| 1959 |
First
Prize, International Competition of Orchestra Conductors (Besançon,
France) |
| Maestro
Ozawa is a prolific recording artist as well with over 50 CD titles to his
credit. An Ozawa discography will be posted soon. |