Lorin Maazel

This week Maestro Maazel spends nearly half his time traveling back and forth between Europe and the States and the other half rehearsing and performing with both the New York Philharmonic and the Symphonica Toscanini.  He began the week off in Florence with rehearsals of Aida with Symphonica Toscanini, in preparation for concerts scheduled in Italy and in South America. On Wednesday, July 25, the orchestra travels to t...

Beginning next year, Maestro Maazel's Symphonica Toscanini will be in permanent residence at the Teatro degli Arcimboldi in a northeastern suburb of Milan. This theater was built as a temporary home for Teatro alla Scala while the latter was being expanded upon. The house seats over two thousand and has at least twenty concerts with Symphonica Toscanini scheduled for next season. Maestro Maazel was recently appointed music director...