A review by xtinee
Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa by Haruki Murakami

5.0

I asked my viola teacher for books on music and he lent me this one. It was everything I had hoped for and so much more. I really like Murakami’s books and this one is just transcripts of his conversations with world renowned conductor Seiji Ozawa. Murakami is a big classical music fan who just enjoys listening so their conversation is extremely accessible. They listen to recordings of different orchestral performances and discuss them with timestamps so you can actually listen along and read their comments at the same time. It got me so excited about listening and playing classical music and helped me appreciate it a lot more.