People, Jan. 1, 1979

When Japanese Conductor Seiji Ozawa went home for a visit with his orchestra, the Boston Symphony, last March, he took time out for a special project: a long-planned TV series on Japanese orchestras. As part of the series, Tokyo's Gakushuin University Orchestra performed the third movement of Brahms' fourth symphony, and viewers got the royal treatment. In the string section of the orchestra was Prince Hiro, 18, eldest son of Crown Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko. The prince, a freshman, has chosen to follow in his father's footsteps and attend a public university....

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