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1984 DVD Earns Diapason d'Or

In the July/August issue of France's leading classical music and record review magazine, Diapason, the Decca release of "1984" was awarded the highest rating as the top release of the month in the DVD field, the "Diapason d'Or" (Golden Tuning Fork).

July 2:Statement regarding Castleton Festival and the Palau de les Arts

On July 4, 2009, Maestro Lorin Maazel will launch an annual three-week festival in Castleton, Virginia, devoted to chamber opera, concerts and recitals, master classes for conductors, with top artists mentoring emerging professional instrumentalists, singers, stage directors and designers. In order to devote more time to the project, Mr. Maazel announces today that he regrets not being able to extend past the 2008-09 season his contract as Music Director of the Palau de les Arts Opera House in Valencia, Spain. Full details of the inaugural Castleton Festival will be announced by the Châteauville Foundation later this year.

Maestro Maazel's Opera Premieres at La Scala....DVD release debuts in Top 10


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Statement regarding Castleton Festival and the Palau de les Arts

July 2, 2008
On July 4, 2009, Maestro Lorin Maazel will launch an annual three-week festival in Castleton, Virginia, devoted  to chamber opera, concerts and recitals, master classes for conductors, with top artists mentoring emerging pro...
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"1984" DVD a Best-Seller in Italy

May 15, 2008
The new Decca/Universal Music release of "1984" on DVD was the best-selling new music DVD on the national charts in Italy for the week ending May 12, 2008, entering the Top 10 list at No. 6, ahead of releases by Pink Floyd, Queen...
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DVD Launch and La Scala Premiere of 1984

April 23, 2008
Last night in Milan, Italy, a gala dinner was held to preview the premiere of Maestro Maazel's opera at the Teatro alla Scala and to celebrate the international DVD release of the opera on Decca, in a two-disc set recorded during the work'...
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