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Lorin Maazel

Who

Lorin Maazel · Arts & Literature

What

Conductor and violinist who led the New York Philharmonic and other major orchestras

When

1930, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France — 2014, Castleton, Virginia, United States

Where

United States · France · Germany

Biography

Lorin Maazel is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Conductor and violinist who led the New York Philharmonic and other major orchestras

How & why

Maazel was an American conductor and violinist, a child prodigy who went on to lead major orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Vienna State Opera and the Bavarian Radio Symphony, renowned for his prodigious memory and precise baton technique. Born in France to an American Jewish family, he was of Russian-Jewish descent.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music

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Conductor and violinist who led the New York Philharmonic and other major orchestras

1930

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music