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KYOTO, JAPAN - FEB. 16: An opera recording by Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa on Monday won the Best Opera Recording award at the Grammys. Ozawa's recording is of a performance of Ravel's "L'Enfant et Les Sortileges" (The Child and the Spells) given in August 2013 in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture in Japan by the Saito Kinen Orchestra as part of the orchestra's festival. The album of a Broadway musical in which Japanese actor Ken Watanabe starred was among the works nominated for the 58th Grammy Awards, but did not win. Watanabe, 56, appeared in "The King and I" in New York last year and the album includes "Shall We Dance?" sung by Watanabe and actress Kelli O'Hara. The awards given out by the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences are considered the top honors in the U.S. music business. "I am very happy and honored that we produced this piece. I would like to share this joy with all of them," Ozawa, 80, said in a statement released Tuesday by the executive committee of Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival, referring to members of the Saito Kinen Orchestra. The committee said it is Ozawa's first Grammy award after being nominated eight times. Ozawa is known for his activities in and out of Japan, which include conducting top orchestras of the world. He was a music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, one of the leading American orchestras, for about 30 years and was also music director of the Vienna State Opera. Past Japanese recipients of Grammys included composer and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto, who received the award in 1989 for scoring the movie, "The Last Emperor."