Apr 15, 2016

2016OMF Newsletter Vol. 2

2016OMF Official Leaflet out online!

2016OMF Program Pages and Ticket Page information have been updated on OMF official website. Casts of OMF Opera and Opera for Children, the music pieces of Chamber Concerts, and ticket information have been updated. 2016OMF Official Leaflet is also available on the website for free download.
2016OMF Leaflet

SEIJI OZAWA BEST COLLECTION CD goes on sale on April 27!

To celebrate the win at the 58th Grammy Awards Best Opera Recording, Universal Music Japan will release SEIJI OZAWA BEST COLLECTION CD set on April 27 (Wed) 2016. The CD compilation contains two numbers from 2013SKF “Ravel: L’enfant et les sortilèges”, which brought the first Grammy for Seiji Ozawa and Saito Kinen Orchestra. The CD set also includes previously Grammy nominated music pieces, along with ten other pieces recorded at Matsumoto. For more information, please see here.

Seiji Ozawa International Academy Switzerland 2016 season concerts about to begin!

In 2015OMF, Seiji Ozawa International Academy Switzerland performed a special program for us together with Ozawa International Chamber Music Academy Okushiga, Asia. This spring Seiji Ozawa International Academy Switzerland will hold their annual concerts in Paris and Geneva. They will perform at Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris on April 17 (Sun) at 5:00 pm, and at Théâtre Les Salons in Geneva on April 20 (Wed) at 7:30 pm (both France and Switzerland time). At the beginning of both performances, “Seiji Ozawa – The Living Spirit of Music” documentary (produced by France Television) will be screened. For more information, please see here.

Seiji Ozawa is named Berlin Philharmoniker Honorary Member!

On April 8 (Fri) and 10 (Sun), the festival’s Artistic Director Seiji Ozawa has performed with Berlin Philharmoniker for the first time in 7 years. At the rehearsal of Beethoven’s Egmont Overture and Choral Fantasy, the orchestra welcomed the Maestro as an Honorary Member of the orchestra as an expression of their gratitude for a long-standing association.
Berlin Philharmoniker Cellist and member of the orchestra board Mr. Knut Weber presented the membership to Ozawa and said “As the first Japanese conductor of international standing, he forged another link to a country that has become a second home to the Berliner Philharmoniker. And, as the conductor of many premieres at the Philharmonie, he has frequently made it possible for us to make exciting musical discoveries.” Maestro Ozawa said “It’s a great honor. I conducted for the first time at this hall with this orchestra in 1966. It’s been 50 years of a long friendship. I am deeply touched and so very happy”. In 130 years long history of Berlin Philharmoniker, Seiji Ozawa is the first Japanese who has received the honorary membership. The concert held on April 10 is currently available for online viewing at Berlin Philharmoniker Digital Concert Hall website (viewing charges apply).

PRESS ACCREDITATION

We would like to inform all the members of the press who are willing to cover the events of the 2016OMF that they will be asked to register for Press ID in advance. OMF will start the registration on April 18, 2016. The details on the application is announced in the official website Press Page. For any inquiries, please contact us at pr@ozawa-festival.com

OMF NEWSLETTER CONTACT

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