- Known For
- Sound
- Born
- March 6, 1930
- Place of Birth
- Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
- Died
- July 13, 2014
Lorin Maazel
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 in old age. Maazel was born to American parents of Russian Jewish origin in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. His grandfather Isaac Maazel (1873-1925), born in Poltava, Ukraine, then in the Russian Empire, …
Filmography
movieThe New York Philharmonic Orchestra in Pyongyang Great moments in music
2025 · , Conductor
movieWagner's Ring Without Words Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra
2023 · Music Arranger
movieSummer Night Concert: 2013 - Vienna Philharmonic
2013 · Conductor
movieSommernachtskonzert 2013
2013 · Conductor
movieThe 'Ring' Without Words
2012 · Conductor
movieLa vida breve
2012 · Conductor
movieLa Valse
2010 · Conductor
movieThe Pyongyang Concert - New York Philharmonic & Lorin Maazel
2008 · Conductor
movie1984
2008 · Musical
movieTurandot
2008 · Sound Director
movieVerdi Requiem
2007 · Conductor
movieLa Traviata
2007 · Self - Conductor
movieVerdi: La Traviata
2007 · Self - Conductor, Music
movieNew Year's Concert 2005
2005 · Conductor
movieBeethoven: Symphony No.6 - Lorin Maazel
1995 · Conductor
tvalfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
1994 · Self
Everything you wanted to know about conductors but were afraid to ask
movieEverything you wanted to know about conductors but were afraid to ask
1993 · Self
La Fanciulla Del West
movieLa Fanciulla Del West
1991 · Music Director
movieFrom the Arena di Verona Requiem Mass
1990 · Self - Conductor
Blauer Panther
tvBlauer Panther
1989 · Self
movieMadama Butterfly
1986 · Conductor
movieAndrew Lloyd Webber: Requiem
1986
movieAida
1985 · Conductor
movieCarmen
1984 · Conductor
Bei Bio
tvBei Bio
1983 · Self
movieTurandot
1983 · Conductor
tvChamps-Elysées
1982 · Self
movieRegina Roma
1982 · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self, Self - Main Guest
movieDie heimliche Ehe
1967 · Conductor
tvBambi
1948 · Self