The death has been announced in Tokyo of Yoichiro Omachi, chief conductor of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra in the 1960s.
He was 90.
A student of Hans Swarowsky, he was the first Japanese to conduct opera and ballet at the Vienna State Opera in 1980. returning for three successive seasons.
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He was a nice man.
I remember him very well. At that time I was a member of Wiener Philharmoniker and I had some nice taking with him. Thank you, dear Omach-san.