Young classical musicians convene in Rolle for 20th Ozawa Academy

The Seiji Ozawa International Academy celebrates its 20th edition, months after the death of its founder.

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00:29C.G. Osawa was 70 years old when he started his academy.

00:34He was considered to be very privileged

00:38because he had great teachers like Herbert von Karajan,

00:43Leonhard Bernstein, Charles Munch.

00:46He was also the first Asian to reach this level of career.

00:51He was driven by the desire to pass on to young people

00:55what he had received from his teachers.

00:58He also had a deep conviction

01:01that in order to become a truly accomplished artist,

01:04he had to study the quartet.

01:08For one reason, which is to become a musician,

01:12you really have to listen to yourself.

01:15The quartet requires you to listen to yourself,

01:18to find your place while listening to the three others

01:21and to find a common sound.

01:23For him, this was the condition to become a musician.

01:26A musician whose career can last a long time.

01:43I think there are a lot of musicians who have gone through this,

01:47who are now trying out the international scene.

01:51As a teacher, it has brought me so much,

01:54and I think it is the legacy of Seiji Ozawa

01:58that is being passed on in Europe and around the world

02:01through all the musicians who have gone through here.