Acclaimed Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa dies aged 88

Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa has died aged 88 (Andrew Harnik/AP)

World-renowned conductor Seiji Ozawa has died of heart failure at his home in Tokyo, his management said. He was 88.

The acclaimed Japanese maestro led the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) from 1973 to 2002, longer than any other conductor in the orchestra’s 128-year history.