Physical exercise helped Seiji Ozawa succeed

Mondo Entertainment Updated on 2024-01-29

Physical exercise helped Seiji Ozawa succeed——

The famous Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa's talent is inseparable from his love for sports since childhood, and his strong physique has helped him achieve success.

When he was in middle school, Seiji Ozawa was passionate about rugby. His mother often advised him not to play rugby because he would hurt his hand and interfere with playing the piano.

Once, he signed up for a rugby round-robin tournament behind his mother's back. He arrived home after the game with scars on his face, hands and arms.

In order to avoid his mother's reproach, he had to lie that he had hit a pillar. This incident later became a talking point for the family to make fun of him.

Seiji Ozawa loves to travel by motorcycle. Before going on a study tour in Europe, he asked someone to get a moped. So he took his beloved guitar and boarded the cargo ship "Danshan Maru" and set off from Kobe.

On the boat, in addition to learning French, Seiji Ozawa did morning exercises, riding motorcycles, skipping rope, running long distances, and sometimes playing golf. Take an evening walk on the deck.

Twenty-two days later, the ship arrived at the port of Marseille, France. Shigeru Ozawa began a motorcycle trip. He toured along the way, lying on the grass and eating food in his back pocket.

He felt that riding a motorcycle on the land was infinitely fun, as if he was very close to the earth that gave birth to him.

The dizzying natural scenery will make people love life more, and the important thing is that they are in this beautiful life.

Seiji Ozawa arrived in Paris more than ten days later. Five months later, he took part in the International Conducting Competition in Bezangçon, where he won first prize.

Seiji Ozawa, born in 1935 in Shenyang, China, is a Japanese conductor. In 1951, he was admitted to Tokyo Kiritomo Gakuen and studied Xi conductor with Hideo Saito.

In 1959, he won the championship of the International Conducting Competition in Besançon, France. In 1960, he won first prize in an international competition hosted by Karajan.

In 1961, he became associate conductor of the New York Philharmonic. In the same year, he collaborated with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and made his debut in Carnegie Hall.

In 1962, he was appointed conductor of the Japan Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra. From 1963 to 1964 he was conductor of the Lévesson Orchestra.

Since 1965, he has served as the director and permanent conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in Canada. In 1970, he served as the first director and permanent conductor of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.

In December 1976, he paid a week-long visit to Beijing and Shanghai, China. In 1978, he performed for the first time with the Symphony Orchestra of the Chinese ** Orchestra in Beijing, China.

In 1979, he led the Boston Symphony Orchestra to perform in Shanghai and Beijing, China.

In 2000, Seiji Ozawa was founded.

In 2002, he served as the conductor of the Vienna New Year's Meeting, and in 2004, he led the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra to hold a meeting at the Great Hall of the People.

In October 2005, he led the "Seiji Ozawa" on a tour of China. In 2007, he conducted the Vienna State Opera Orchestra in Shanghai, China.

In 2010, he suffered from esophageal cancerIn December of the same year, he conducted the Saito Memorial Orchestra in Carnegie Hall in New York, USA, and performed for the first time after esophageal cancer surgery.

In 2015, he received the Kennedy Center Honor Award. In 2016, he won the Grammy Award in the same year, with conductor Zu Bin. Meta conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra with the performance.

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