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AfriClassical (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
[Photo of Charles Darden at Bonchoeur.blogspot.com] Charles Darden posted a comment today on “Darryl Taylor Offers Condolences On Passing of Composer Hale Smith”: “I will always remember Hale Smith's encouraging words and advice to me as a young black conductor. He also urged to write and perform 'Great Scott!' the story of the life of Scott Joplin, which I continue to perform. Thank...
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Opera Today (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
In the mid-1980s (just before the Riccardo Muti era began), Lorin Maazel often ruled the conductor's roost at La Scala.
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
As James Levine recovers from back surgery, Lorin Maazel led the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall.
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ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
"Originally expected to return from back surgery last week, Levine will now miss the complete cycle of nine Beethoven symphonies that he had programmed and the BSO had promoted enthusiastically." Former New York Philharmonic music director Lorin Maazel will fill in for him at Symphony Hall and Carnegie Hall....
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The New Yorker - Arts and Culture (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
For two drowsy decades, the New York Philharmonic played it safe: a pair of grand-old-man music directors (Kurt Masur, Lorin Maazel), redundant festivals of canonical composers (Brahms, Tchaikovsky), the usual parade of soloists (when in doubt, Yo-Yo Ma). Attendance figures were generally good and finances mostly stable . . .
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 07/14/2009
Some 200 young singers, instrumentalists, conductors and theatrical designers assembled for the first Castleton Festival at Lorin Maazel’s Virginia estate.
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ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
"'It's not for me to assess whether or not I have lived up to the expectations that arise at the beginning of any music director's tenure,' he began. 'The orchestra I found had a problem with self-esteem. Their reputation was not what it should have been. So it became my goal to restore their belief in themselves. And I leave feeling that I've been quite successful.'"...
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The New Yorker - Arts and Culture (Free subscription) | 06/22/2009
Lorin Maazel, who is completing his seventh and final season as the music director of the New York Philharmonic, leaves the ensemble in better shape than when he found it. The orchestra of virtuosos is more disciplined, more rich-toned, and, seemingly, happier. Maazel’s flair for clarity was evident when . . .
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