Lorin Maazel

While many around the world take a holiday break, Maestro Maazel continues to pursue a daunting but invigorating schedule of performances. As the remaining performances of Don Giovanni at the Palau de les Arts continue through December 30, he is shuttling back and forth to Italy and Israel for several different programs, with two different orchestras. He and the Symphonica Toscanini give concerts in Bergamo , Rome  a...

Maestro Maazel is in Valencia, Spain, for the final rehearsals and premiere of his first opera production as Music Director of the Palau de les Arts. The opening night of a new production of Don Giovanni , capping the Mozart year, will be this Saturday evening, December 16 , with Maestro Maazel leading a superb cast. The stage director is Jonathan Miller, who has also designed his own sets and lighting. This production of Don ...

New York, NY. Maestro Maazel and the Symphonica Toscanini announced today at a press luncheon the details of their January 2007 coast-to-coast tour, including a joint concert with the New York Philharmonic 50 years to the day after Arturo Toscanini's death. The event also served to celebrate the creation of this new orchestra, formed in May 2006 from some of Europe's best young professional musicians, and based in Rome...

Maestro Maazel is returning to Avery Fisher Hall for the first time since early October, for two New York Philharmonic subscription programs over seven concerts (including one at Long Island University's Tilles Center on December 1st). The first program (November 24, 25 & 28) draws from the repertoire of the orchestra's just-completed Asian tour with Maestro Maazel, which took them to Japan and Korea, and featured fiv...

At a black-tie dinner in the Gramercy Park (New York City) home of the National Arts Club, Lorin Maazel was presented with the Club's top award, the Medal of Honor for Music, for his singular contribution to the field of music. It was the Club's 51st annual award, with Maestro Maazel joining an eminent and diverse group of honorees, among them Leonard Bernstein, Isaac Stern, Placido Domingo, the Juilliard String Quartet, Benny ...