Conductor Lorin Maazel dies at Virginia home at 84 CASTLETON, Va. — Lorin Maazel, a world-renowned conductor whose prodigious career included seven years at the helm of the New York Philharmonic, died Sunday at his home in Virginia. He was 84. Mr. Maazel died at Castleton Farms from complications following pneumonia, according to a statement by The Castleton Festival, an annual festival Mr. Maazel founded with his wife in 2009. Mr. Maazel was rehearsing and preparing for the festival at the time of his death, and the death also was announced on Mr. Maazel’s official website. Known for his relentless energy and passion for precision, Mr. Maazel guided nearly 200 orchestras in at least 7,000 opera and concert performances during 72 years at the podium, according to a biography posted on his website. Mr. Maazel, an American born in Paris in 1930, took his first violin lesson at age 5. A dazzling prodigy, he was 7 when he was invited by Arturo Toscanini to conduct the NBC Symphony. His New York Philharmonic debut came five years later, in 1942. By age 15, he had conducted most of the major American orchestras. At 16, he entered the University of Pittsburgh to study language, mathematics and philosophy and played the violin [...] ilinnews/conductor-lorin-maazel-dies-at-virginia-home-at-84/
Posted on: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 00:00:59 +0000
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