作者簡介
小澤征爾
日本指揮家,1935 年生於中國瀋陽。六歲隨父母回日本,十六歲於桐朋學園大學師事指揮家齋藤秀雄。1959 年在貝桑松國際指揮大賽中奪冠而獲矚目,後又和卡拉揚與伯恩斯坦等大師學習。曾任多倫多交響樂團 (1965-1969)、舊金山交響樂團 (1970-1977) 與波士頓交響樂團 (1973-2002) 音樂總監,2002 年至 2010 年擔任維也納國立歌劇院音樂總監。
村上春樹
1949 年生於日本京都府,出生後不久即搬到兵庫縣。早稻田大學戲劇系畢業。1979 年以《聽風的歌》獲得「群像新人賞」,新穎的文風被譽為日本「八○年代文學旗手」。除了暢銷,村上獨特的都市感及寫作風格也成了世界年輕人認同的標誌。作 品中譯本至今已有六十餘本,包括長篇小說、短篇小說、散文及採訪報導等。
Haruki Murakami (Author)
Haruki Murakami is the author of many novels as well as short stories and non-fiction. His books include Norwegian Wood, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Kafka on the Shore, 1Q84, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage and The Strange Library. His work has been translated into more than 50 languages, and the most recent of his many international honours is the Jerusalem Prize.
Seiji Ozawa (Author)
Seiji Ozawa served as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for twenty-nine years, and was music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Ravinia Festival, and Wiener Staatsoper. With Kazuyoshi Akiyama, he formed the Saito Kinen Orchestra and is the director of the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival. Ozawa has been deeply involved in musical education through his work with Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, the Ozawa International Chamber Music Academy Okushiga, Seiji Ozawa International Academy Switzerland and as founder of the Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Opera Project, organizations which provide opportunities to outstanding students in Asia and Europe. Among his many honours, Ozawa has been awarded the Officier de la Légion d’Honneur in France, the Japanese Order of Culture, the Kennedy Center Honors, and a Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording.