Seiji Ozawa

One of the twentieth century's great orchestral conductors, Seiji Ozawa spent twenty-nine years leading the Boston Symphony Orchestra and became one of the most internationally recognized figures in classical music. Absolutely on Music captures a remarkable series of conversations between Ozawa and Haruki Murakami — two artists finding unexpected common ground in their love of music, performance, and the pursuit of artistic truth.

The book reveals Ozawa as a thoughtful, generous conversationalist whose insights about conducting, Beethoven, and the nature of creative work illuminate far beyond the concert hall. For readers who love Murakami's deep engagement with music — the jazz bars, the vinyl collections, the symphonies that soundtrack his novels — this is an essential companion piece.