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Lorin Maazel

1930 - 2014

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Lorin Varencove Maazel (; March 6, 1930 – July 13, 2014) was an American conductor, violinist and composer. He began conducting at the age of eight and by 1953 had decided to pursue a career in music. He had established a reputation in the concert halls of Europe by 1960 but his career in the U.S. progressed far more slowly. He served as 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lorin Maazel is the 10th most popular conductor, the 846th most popular biography from France (down from 844th in 2019) and the most popular French Conductor.

Lorin Maazel is most famous for his work as a conductor. He has conducted orchestras all over the world, and was the music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra from 1988 to 2004.

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Among conductors, Lorin Maazel ranks 10 out of 128. Before him are Arturo Toscanini, Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Karl Böhm, and Sergiu Celibidache. After him are Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Bruno Walter, Otto Klemperer, Felix Weingartner, Herbert Blomstedt, and Seiji Ozawa.

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Among people born in 1930, Lorin Maazel ranks 57. Before him are Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Bernie Ecclestone, Akira Suzuki, Biljana Plavšić, Tippi Hedren, and Armin Mueller-Stahl. After him are Félix Guattari, Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Robert Evans, Ali al-Sistani, Edsger W. Dijkstra, and Carlos Kleiber. Among people deceased in 2014, Lorin Maazel ranks 33. Before him are Maya Angelou, Richard Attenborough, Gary Becker, Jack Brabham, Bob Hoskins, and Pete Seeger. After him are Harold Ramis, Adolfo Suárez, H. R. Giger, Richard Kiel, Masaru Emoto, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr..

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In France

Among people born in France, Lorin Maazel ranks 846 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri Fantin-Latour (1836), Jacques Hadamard (1865), Pierre Loti (1850), Marina Vlady (1938), Ivo of Kermartin (1253), and Auguste Mariette (1821). After him are Félix Guattari (1930), Marie de France (1101), Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (1741), Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755), Mylène Demongeot (1935), and François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775).

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Among CONDUCTORS In France

Among conductors born in France, Lorin Maazel ranks 1. After him are Pierre Monteux (1875), Charles Munch (1891), Jean Martinon (1910), and Paul Paray (1886).

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