Lorin Maazel

Composer

Birthday March 6, 1930

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Nanterre, France

DEATH DATE Jul 13, 2014 (84)

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Numerology: 4

About

Music director who worked with many famous musical organizations, including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic.

Before Fame

He was a recognized child prodigy and guest-conducted the NBC Symphony Orchestra on the radio when he was 11.

Trivia

He made an all-African-American recording of George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess," the first of its kind, while he was music director of the Cleveland Orchestra.

Family Life

His father, Lincoln Maazel, was a performer, singer, and voice and piano teacher, and his mother, Marion "Marie" Shulman Maazel, was the founder of the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra. His parents contributed detailed recollections to the Oral History Collection at the University of Pittsburgh.

Associated With

His compositions included the opera "1984," which was based on the George Orwell novel.

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