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Lorin Maazel

Lorin Maazel
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Lorin Maazel

Lorin Maazel artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music

Concerts

Lorin Maazel conducting Mozart's Symphony No. 40 — with no score — live at Carnegie Hall on March 3, 2012.

March 1, 2012 Lorin Maazel leads Mozart's Symphony No. 40 and Wagner's 'Ring' whittled down to 70 minutes.

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February 26, 2008 In an act of symphonic diplomacy, the orchestra pays a visit to the North Korean capital.

Interviews & Profiles

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July 2, 2009 Maazel intends to teach aspiring conductors at his opera festival, located on his Virginia farm.

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January 2, 2009 The historic Pyongyang performance was the biggest story in classical music in 2008.

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March 10, 2008 New York Philharmonic conductor Lorin Maazel talks about his recent performance in North Korea.

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February 26, 2008 In an act of symphonic diplomacy, the orchestra pays a visit to the North Korean capital.

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February 26, 2008 The philharmonic is the first major American cultural group to visit the isolated communist nation.

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February 25, 2008 The group is slated to perform Wagner, Dvorak and Gershwin for the historic occasion.

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