Ozawa, Seiji
(*1935)
Ozawa, Seiji (1 Sept 1935–) Japanese conductor, born in Fenytien (now Shenyang, Liaoning, China). His Japanese parents were living in China during the Japanese occupation of Manchuria, when Seiji was born; they moved the family back to Japan in 1944. He studied piano, composition, and conducting in Tokyo, then went to Europe to seek his fortune. He supported himself at first by selling motor scooters in France and Italy. He won a major competition for conductors in 1959 and was given a…