Lorin Maazel

In response to recent press reports: "I emphatically do not believe that the human-rights record of the United States, given our long tradition of respect for the individual, is comparable to that of any authoritarian regime and, therefore, we are and should be held to a higher standard. The hope expressed in the quotation ascribed to me is that we as a nation will continue to meet the highest moral and ethical standards in our...

On the evening of Tuesday, October 2, Maestro Maazel  engaged in a stimulating and fascinating conversation with broadcaster and writer Nancy Shear, a long-time friend and colleague. He shared his thoughts, ideas, and feelings about music, conducting, composing and orchestral development and transformation with Ms.Shear in front of a public audience. The event took place in the elegant and historic Steinway Hall in Man...

Maestro Maazel and the New York Philharmonic opened the 2007/08 season with a full program of Dvořák, including his Carnival Overture, Cello Concerto with cello virtuoso Yo-Yo Ma, and Sympony No. 7. On the morning of opening night, rehearsals took place in front of an audience of the public. Free tickets were ditributed at 8:00 am, to the sounds of the Principal Brass Quintet.  The concert was telecast nationaly...

The Châteauville Foundation, a not-for-profit organization established ten years ago at Castleton Farms, Maestro Maazel's estate in Rappahannock County, Virigina, has recently launched its new website to coincide with the start of the 2007/08 season. Visitors can peruse the site for information on current and past seasons, the Foundation's upcoming Tenth Anniversary Gala (a extraordinary chamber concert featuring 12 Str...

Maestro Maazel spends the next two weeks touring with Symphonica Toscanini, first in South America with visits to Brazil and Argentina, followed by ten days of travel in Japan before he returns to New York to open the season with the New York Philharmonic. In Rio de Janeiro and Sau Paolo, the orchestra will perform Aida in concert, which they played recently on a floating stage on Lake Maggiore in Northern Italy. Other concert progra...