CONDUCTOR

Seiji Ozawa

1935 - 2024

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Seiji Ozawa (小澤 征爾, Ozawa Seiji, September 1, 1935 – February 6, 2024) was a Japanese conductor known internationally for his work as music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, and especially the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO), where he served from 1973 for 29 years. After conducting the Vienna New Year's Concert in 2002, he was director of the Vienna State Opera until 2010. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Seiji Ozawa has received more than 966,739 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Seiji Ozawa is the 9th most popular conductor (up from 20th in 2019), the 190th most popular biography from China (up from 394th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Conductor.

Ozawa is most famous for his interpretations of the works of Beethoven, Brahms, and Mahler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 970k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Seiji Ozawa ranks 9 out of 128. Before him are Arturo Toscanini, Daniel Barenboim, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Zubin Mehta, Sergiu Celibidache, and Riccardo Muti. After him are Lorin Maazel, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Karl Böhm, Bruno Walter, Dimitri Mitropoulos, and Otto Klemperer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Seiji Ozawa ranks 35. Before him are Sylvia Earle, William Friedkin, Gherman Titov, Mylène Demongeot, Mercedes Sosa, and Bibi Andersson. After him are Miroslav Blažević, Adnan Khashoggi, Ryke Geerd Hamer, Danilo Kiš, Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, and Jerry Lee Lewis. Among people deceased in 2024, Seiji Ozawa ranks 32. Before him are Andreas Brehme, Ebrahim Raisi, Zvi Zamir, Hage Geingob, Herbert Kroemer, and César Luis Menotti. After him are Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior, Maurizio Pollini, Bengt I. Samuelsson, Roberto Cavalli, Marcello Gandini, and David Soul.

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In China

Among people born in China, Seiji Ozawa ranks 190 out of 1,610. Before him are 1st Dalai Lama (1391), Kang Youwei (1858), Emperor Xuan of Han (-91), Empress Wanrong (1906), Longqing Emperor (1537), and Emperor Ling of Han (156). After him are Gwanggaeto the Great (374), Jiang Wei (202), Jack Ma (1964), Jie of Xia (-1728), Emperor Gaozong of Song (1107), and Xiahou Dun (155).

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Among CONDUCTORS In China

Among conductors born in China, Seiji Ozawa ranks 1. 

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