Seiji Ozawa, the iconic Japanese conductor known for his work with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and other world-famous ensembles, died Tuesday at his home in Tokyo due to heart failure, his management office said Friday. He was 88.A trailblazer of Japanese conductors on the world stage, Ozawa's death was mourned both in his home country and overseas, with the Vienna Philharmonic, where he had also performed, calling him "one of the great conductors of our time."Born in 1935 to Japanese parents in Manchuria, now northeastern China, Ozawa grew up in Japan and originally aspired to become a p…READ FULL ARTICLE
