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Levin is an internationally known pianist who has played with Christopher Hogwood, Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor Seiji Ozawa and other famous musicians. A composer as well, he is famous for his "completions" of fragmented Mozart works...
...could certainly gain immense quality and repertoire from a music director of Haitink's skills. It's true that Seiji Ozawa hasn't been talking about retirement, but Haitink gave the orchestra glimpses of Herbert von Karaian's Berlin Philharmonic, Carlos Kleiber's Vienna Philharmonic and George Szell's Cleveland Orchestra. If they could also strengthen their sound with a few more powerful players, the BSO would catapult itself back to the stature it knew under Charles Munch--that of the foremost symphony in the nation...
Politician Ichiro Ozawa's Blueprint shows how to get there...
...expanding investigation into political corruption has netted five local government officials and 24 construction-compa ny executives on graft charges. Insiders say the prosecutors are closing in on national politicians. Rumors are flying about who may end up as a target for interrogation: not the least frequently named is Ozawa, who was fingered by a construction executive as the recipient of a questionable campaign donation. The furious Shinseito chief has denied any wrongdoing...
Loss of the "control tower," as the Japanese press has nicknamed Ozawa, would be a sharp blow for the coalition and for Hosokawa, who depends heavily on Ozawa's intimate knowledge of political hardball in the Diet and elsewhere. "Every pot has its perfectly matched lid," says Tomoaki Iwai, a politics professor at Tokiwa University. "It is heaven's dispensation. They are one system...