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Lorin Varencove Maazel was an American conductor, violinist and composer. Making his debut at the conducting podium at the age of eight, he embarked on his career in earnest in 1953, establishing a reputation in European concert halls by 1960 but, by comparison, his career in the U.S. progressed far more slowly. However, he would later be appointed music director of the Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic, among other posts. Maazel was well-regarded in baton technique and possessed a photographic memory for scores. Described as mercurial and forbidding in rehearsal, he mellowed in old age.

✵ 6. March 1930 – 13. July 2014
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Famous Lorin Maazel Quotes

“In fact the hardest part is trying to forget music when I'm not conducting it.”

Lorin Maazel

As quoted in BBC News http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-28287217

“I don't want to be conducting Mahler with my head stuffed full of 10 million notes from other composers.”

Lorin Maazel

As quoted in BBC News http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-28287217

“I come to a performance of music that I know very well as if I were performing it for the first time. Every day is a new day, a new experience. This is the way I approach a masterpiece. A masterpiece can never age - it's only the people who perform it or listen to it who become insensitive to it. If you come with a fresh feeling toward a masterpiece, it will always feel fresh and give you the benefit of its genius.”

Lorin Maazel

As quoted in Successories.com http://www.successories.com/iquote/author/14767/lorin-maazel-quotes/1

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