Seiji Ozawa

Haruki Murakami

A deeply personal, intimate conversation about music and writing between the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author and his close friend, the former conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Haruki Murakami's passion for music runs deep. Before turning his hand to writing, he ran a jazz club in Tokyo, and from The Beatles' "Norwegian Wood" to Franz Liszt's "Years of Pilgrimage," the aesthetic and emotional power of music permeates every one of his much-loved books. Now, in "Absolutely on Music, " Murakami fulfills a personal dream, sitting down with his friend, acclaimed conductor Seiji Ozawa, to talk, over a period of two years, about their shared interest. Transcribed from lengthy conversations about the nature of music and writing, here they discuss everything from Brahms to Beethoven, from Leonard Bernstein to Glenn Gould, from record collecting to pop-up orchestras, and much more. Ultimately this book gives readers an unprecedented glimpse into the minds of the two maestros. It is essential reading for book and music lovers everywhere.

Conversations

Absolutely on Music

An unprecedented glimpse into the minds of two maestros. Haruki Murakami's passion for music runs deep. Before turning his hand to writing, he ran a jazz club in Tokyo, and the aesthetic and emotional power of music permeates every one of his much-loved books. Now, in Absolutely on Music, Murakami fulfills a personal dream, sitting down with his friend, acclaimed conductor Seiji Ozawa, to talk about their shared interest. They discuss everything from Brahms to Beethoven, from Leonard Bernstein to Glenn Gould, from record collecting to pop-up orchestras, and much more.

Conversations with Seiji Ozawa

Todo el mundo sabe que a Haruki Murakami le apasiona tanto la música moderna y el jazz como la música clásica. Esta pasión no solo le llevó a regentar en su juventud un club de jazz, sino a impregnar de referencias y vivencias musicales la mayoría de sus novelas y obras. En esta ocasión, el escritor japonés más famoso del mundo comparte con sus lectores sus querencias, sus opiniones y, sobre todo, sus ansias de saber sobre un arte, el musical, que hermana a millones de seres humanos en todo el mundo. Para ello, a lo largo de dos años, Murakami y su amigo Seiji Ozawa, antiguo director de la Boston Symphony Orchestra, mantuvieron estas deliciosas conversaciones sobre conocidas piezas de Brahms y Beethoven, de Bartok y Mahler, sobre directores de orquesta como Leonard Bernstein y solistas excepcionales como Glenn Gould, sobre piezas de cámara y sobre ópera. Así, mientras escuchan discos y comentan distintas interpretaciones, el lector asiste a jugosas confidencias y curiosidades que le contagiarán el entusiasmo y el placer inacabable de disfrutar de la música con oídos nuevos.

Música, sólo música

A deeply personal, intimate conversation about music and writing between the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author and his close friend, the former conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Haruki Murakami's passion for music runs deep. Before turning his hand to writing, he ran a jazz club in Tokyo, and from The Beatles' "Norwegian Wood" to Franz Liszt's "Years of Pilgrimage," the aesthetic and emotional power of music permeates every one of his much-loved books. Now, in Absolutely on Music, Murakami fulfills a personal dream, sitting down with his friend, acclaimed conductor Seiji Ozawa, to talk, over a period of two years, about their shared interest. Transcribed from lengthy conversations about the nature of music and writing, here they discuss everything from Brahms to Beethoven, from Leonard Bernstein to Glenn Gould, from record collecting to pop-up orchestras, and much more. Ultimately this book gives readers an unprecedented glimpse into the minds of the two maestros. It is essential reading for book and music lovers everywhere.

Jay Rubin

En aquest llibre formidable, Haruki Murakami es reuneix amb el gran director d'orquestra Seiji Ozawa per a un seguit de converses entorn de la seva passió compartida, la música. Amb entusiasme absorbent i contagiós, Murakami i Ozawa parlen de tot: comenten obres de Beethoven, Mahler o Brahms, entre d'altres, evoquen l'art de directors com Leonard Bernstein o Herbert von Karajan i gaudeixen de la singularitat radical de solistes com Glenn Gould mentre escolten i disseccionen enregistraments de les seves interpretacions preferides. Col·leccionisme de discos, clubs de jazz, òpera i música de cambra, auditoris, partitures, bandes sonores i molt més s'encalcen en aquesta meravellosa conversa que viatja de la música a l'escriptura i, en darrer terme, ens porta a l'essència mateixa de la creació artística.

Converses musicals amb Seiji Ozawa

Quan la música ho és tot

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Toru Takemitsu

Yoshiko Kakudo

Glenn Glasow

In these writings, available here in English for the first time, the distinguished Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu reflects on his contemporaries, including John Cage, Olivier Messiaen, and Merce Cunningham; on nature, which has profoundly influenced his composition; on film and painting; on relationships between East and West; on traditional Japanese music; and on his own compositions.

Seiji Ozawa

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