Lorin Maazel

Maestro Maazel will conduct the Munich Philharmonic this week, stepping in at the last minute for Maestro Thielemann, who unfortunately had to cancel due to health reasons. Maestro Maazel has just finished conducting the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía's production of Turandot in Guangzhou, China. The orchestra will perform Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 under Maestro Maazel's baton, first in Munich on May 11, followed by concerts i...

Hardly the retiring type, the veteran conductor fits the L.A. Philharmonic into his busy schedule. By:Barbara Isnberg - LA Times   As Los Angeles Philharmonic musicians take the Disney Hall stage to rehearse, guest conductor Lorin Maazel hangs back almost shyly in the doorway. But there is no hanging back when he takes the podium a few minutes later to lead the orchestra through Sibelius' Second Symphony.  Within a...

On Saturday, October 17, Maestro Maazel paid a much-anticipated visit to Coolidge Senior High School to work with a group of forty young musicians from the DC Youth Orchestra Program. The group, called the Youth Orchestra, is made up of musicians drawn from the Program's most advanced students. Maestro Maazel led the orchestra in rehearsal of Beethoven's Sixth Symphony, the Pastoral , which it is scheduled to perform at the Kennedy Ce...

On Wednesday, September 23, 2009, the Institute of International Education (IIE) honored Maestro Maazel with the Fritz Redlich Alumni Award at their 90th Anniversary gala in recognition of Maestro Maazel's distinguished career as a Fulbright alumnus and as an important artist, composer and educator. IIE's 90th Anniversary Gala took place at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York City. Distinguished guests included Her Highness Sheik...

  This summer, Maestro Maazel, Founder and Artistic Director of the Châteauville Foundation, opened his home for the first Castleton Festival. Throughout the six week period on Maestro Maazel’s farm in Castleton, Virginia, nearly 200 young artists gathered from across the globe to interact across a range of disciplines, with mentoring and performance activities at the highest level.   Highlights from the Fest...