Lorin Maazel

We are inaugurating a new feature of maestromaazel.com with our first video clip of Lorin Maazel in concert. A Quicktime excerpt of his performance with the New York Philharmonic of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 is available at right, with thanks to the musicians of the Philharmonic for their kind cooperation. Additional rehearsal, performance and "behind-the-scenes" video from the orchestra Asia tour will be posted soon...

Tonight, Lorin Maazel and the Symphonica Toscanini, several concerts in to their coast-to-coast American tour, mark the 50th anniversary of Arturo Toscanini's passing with a joint concert with the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center. The German bass René Pape is the soloist, replacing an indisposed Renée Fleming, for the concert, presented by the Philharmonic and Casa Verdi. Proceeds from the ga...

While many around the world take a holiday break, Maestro Maazel continues to pursue a daunting but invigorating schedule of performances. As the remaining performances of Don Giovanni at the Palau de les Arts continue through December 30, he is shuttling back and forth to Italy and Israel for several different programs, with two different orchestras. He and the Symphonica Toscanini give concerts in Bergamo , Rome  a...

New York, NY. Maestro Maazel and the Symphonica Toscanini announced today at a press luncheon the details of their January 2007 coast-to-coast tour, including a joint concert with the New York Philharmonic 50 years to the day after Arturo Toscanini's death. The event also served to celebrate the creation of this new orchestra, formed in May 2006 from some of Europe's best young professional musicians, and based in Rome...