Speaking with obvious emotion, Ozawa added: “This was a very difficult decision. With the musicians, the board, and the administration, I feel we have a dream team, and leaving now is not so easy. I have spent my life with this orchestra, and after the next three years, I would love to do anything they want me to do. The next conductor must be free, and it will depend on what he wants. The decision in Vienna was very quick. Monday was the meeting with the government, and after government meetings, it is not possible to keep a secret anymore. This is a very emotional time because there are so many people in Boston who have done so much for me. But I think the time to leave has come. What I want is for the next three years to be the most glorious time both for me and the Boston Symphony.”
In a letter to members of the orchestra, Ozawa wrote, “For 25 years we have worked together as partners to make music. We have traveled together over five continents and performed for millions of music lovers who we hope have appreciated our efforts. As musicians, we have struggled, achieved, and often succeeded in our quest to do honor to our art. My relationship with the great Boston Symphony Orchestra has been and continues to be the most rewarding artistic experience that a musician could ever hope to have.”
“This was a very difficult decision for Seiji,” said BSO managing director Mark Volpe. “Boston Symphony has been his life; it was where he grew up musically. Without the head start he got as a student at Tanglewood, he would not be who and what is today, but he feels this opportunity in Vienna is one that he cannot pass up.”
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