2019OICMA closed its curtain at Tokyo performance on July 31st at Kioi Hall. Tutor of the academy Seiji Ozawa stood on the podium at the end of the concert and conducted Beethoven: String Quartet No.16 Op.135 3rd movement.
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This music was loved by one of the great tutors at the academy, late Mr. Robert Mann, and he conducted this piece many times. Seiji Ozawa himself also loves this work and he said to the academy students at the rehearsal “such a wonderful music”.
Beethoven: String Quartet No.16 will be performed by Seiji Ozawa International Academy Switzerland at the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival “Chamber Concert I” this summer.