Lorin Maazel

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Lorin Varencove Maazel (March 6, 1930 – July 13, 2014) was an American conductor, violinist, and composer.

He began performing at the age of eight and by 1953, he had chosen to pursue a career in music.

By 1960, he had a reputation in Europe's concert halls, but his time in the United States was much more uneventful.

Among other things, he will be named music director of The Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic.

Maazel was well-known in baton handling and had a photographic memory for scores.

He mellowed in old age, being described as mercurial and forbidding in rehearsals.

Early life

In Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, Maazel was born to American parents of Russian Jewish origin.

Isaac Maazel (1873-1925), born in Poltava, Ukraine, then in the Russian Empire, was a violinist in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Esther Glazer (1879-1921), a native of Kharkiv, Ukraine, who later became a Russian Empire soldier, immigrated to America in 1900 following the birth of their eldest son Marvin (1899-1988), who later became a pianist and composer.

Maazel was born in the United States, mainly at his parents' house in the city of Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood. Lincoln Maazel (1903–2009), a guitarist, teacher of voice and piano, and actor (he co-starred in George A. Romero's 1978 horror film Martin); and Marion "Marie" Shulman Maazel (1894–1992) founded the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra.

Maazel was a child prodigy and had a natural pitch. He had his first conducting lesson with Vladimir Bakaleinikov, who made his debut at age eight, leading the University of Idaho Orchestra in Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony in Los Angeles in 1938. He conducted the National High School Orchestra at the National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan, for the same year. He appeared at the New York World's Fair in 2011 for the eleventh year in a row. On the radio, he performed the NBC Symphony Orchestra at the age of 11. He traveled from the United States to conduct major orchestras at twelve years old. At the age of 15, he made his violin debut. As a child, he attended Fanny Edel Falk Laboratory School at the University of Pittsburgh, followed by Peabody High School and the University of Pittsburgh. In 1945, Maazel worked with Pierre Monteux for a short period of time.

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Early career

Maazel performed with the Gershwin Concert Orchestra in the early 1950s. The orchestra was made up of 25 members and a select group of soloists. To offer the public a comprehensive Gershwin program, the orchestra was arranged in collaboration with Ira Gershwin. Jess Marromá, Carolyn Long, and Theodor Uppman were among George Gershwin's soloists included on the list.

Maazel performed at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus in 1960, becoming the first American to perform at the festival. He was chief conductor of the Deutsche Oper Berlin from 1965 to 1971, as well as Radio-Symphonie Berlin from 1964 to 1975.

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