Cancer cancels Ozawa concerts
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January 8, 2010, Friday
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JAPANESE conductor Seiji Ozawa said yesterday he had been diagnosed with esophageal cancer and will cancel all his concerts for six months to receive treatment.
Ozawa, an icon in the classical music world, said the cancer was spotted following a regular medical checkup late last year.
"I am perfectly fine right now. I have no problems drinking or eating," the 74-year-old maestro said at a news conference in Tokyo. A doctor who accompanied Ozawa said the cancer was in an early stage.
"I will abide by the doctors' advice. I will be back within six months," a smiling Ozawa said. He will cancel all his concerts from January to June - around 30 of them at home and abroad.
Ozawa is currently chief conductor of the Vienna State Opera.
He took the post in 2002, and his tenure is set to expire in June.
Before the Vienna opera, the Japanese conductor served 29 years as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Ozawa led the American orchestra longer than any other conductor in its 125-year history.
When Ozawa conducted the Boston orchestra in 2006 - four years after he had left - he received a hero's welcome with a nearly six-minute ovation.
Ozawa is also the artistic director and founder of the Saito Kinen Festival, Japan's music and opera festival.
Ozawa, an icon in the classical music world, said the cancer was spotted following a regular medical checkup late last year.
"I am perfectly fine right now. I have no problems drinking or eating," the 74-year-old maestro said at a news conference in Tokyo. A doctor who accompanied Ozawa said the cancer was in an early stage.
"I will abide by the doctors' advice. I will be back within six months," a smiling Ozawa said. He will cancel all his concerts from January to June - around 30 of them at home and abroad.
Ozawa is currently chief conductor of the Vienna State Opera.
He took the post in 2002, and his tenure is set to expire in June.
Before the Vienna opera, the Japanese conductor served 29 years as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Ozawa led the American orchestra longer than any other conductor in its 125-year history.
When Ozawa conducted the Boston orchestra in 2006 - four years after he had left - he received a hero's welcome with a nearly six-minute ovation.
Ozawa is also the artistic director and founder of the Saito Kinen Festival, Japan's music and opera festival.
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