
Known for
Music and sound
Born
March 6, 1930
Birthplace
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Died
July 13, 2014 (aged 84)
Lorin Varencove Maazel ( March 6, 1930 – July 13, 2014) was an American conductor, violinist and composer. He began conducting at the age of eight and by 1953 had decided to pursue a career in music. He had established a reputation in the concert halls of Europe by 1960 but, by comparison, his career in the U.S. progressed far more slowly. He served as music director of The Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic, among other posts. Maazel was well-regarded in baton technique and possessed a photographic memory for scores. Described as mercurial and forbidding in rehearsal, he mellowed...
2025
2023
2013
as Conductor
2013
Conductor
2012
as Conductor
2012
as Conductor
2010
Conductor
2010
2008
2008
Musical
2008
Sound Director
2007
as Conductor
2007
as Self - Conductor
2007
as Self - Conductor, Music
2005
as Conductor
1995
as Conductor
1994
1993
1991
Music Director
1990
as Self - Conductor
1989
1986
Conductor
1986
1985
as Conductor, Conductor
1984
Conductor