Lorin Maazel

On February 17, 2009, the Consul General of France, Guy Yelda, presented Maestro Maazel with the insignia of Commandeur of the National Order of the Legion of Honor in a private ceremony held at Carnegie Hall. Announcement of this high honor came in the form of a personal letter to Maestro Maazel from President Sarkozy of France. The ceremony, attended by family, friends, press and officials of Carnegie Hall and the New York ...

Prior to the formal start of the New York Philharmonic season on September 17, Maestro Maazel is making two back-to-back European tours at a characteristically torrid pace. Over the period August 19 to September 12, he will have: conducted 21 concerts and 8 full rehearsals over 25 days performed in 11 different cities made 12 inter-city trips by air or car led 2 orchestras in 17 different works over on 10 different progr...

On July 4, 2009, Maestro Lorin Maazel will launch an annual three-week festival in Castleton, Virginia, devoted  to chamber opera, concerts and recitals, master classes for conductors, with top artists mentoring emerging professional instrumentalists, singers, stage directors and designers. In order to devote more time to the project, Mr. Maazel announces today that he regrets not being able to extend past the 2008/09 se...

The new Decca/Universal Music release of "1984" on DVD was the best-selling new music DVD on the national charts in Italy for the week ending May 12, 2008, entering the Top 10 list at No. 6, ahead of releases by Pink Floyd, Queen and Jethro Tull. This is a remarkable and almost certainly unprecedented sale performance for a contemporary opera recording. See MTV-Italy's Chart here  (archived copy via Google). Maestro M...

Last night in Milan, Italy, a gala dinner was held to preview the premiere of Maestro Maazel's opera at the Teatro alla Scala and to celebrate the international DVD release of the opera on Decca, in a two-disc set recorded during the work's world-premiere performances at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The DVD features an exclusive 30-minute introduction to the opera by Maestro Maazel. It captures the brilliant production of Rob...