Lorin Maazel

Music Review | Boston Symphony Orchestra: A Return That Came Sooner, Not Later

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.

James Levine's Return To Podium Is Delayed

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....

• Return of BSO's James Levine further delayed - Boston Herald
• Levine (Still) Out, Maazel Jumps in for BSO's Beethoven Symphony Cycle - Opera Chic
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Alex Ross: Alan Gilbert takes over at the New York Philharmonic.

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 . . .

Summer Opera: Castleton Festival 4

Ionarts (Free subscription) | 07/21/2009

(L to R) Jennifer Check (Lady Billows), Benjamin Bloomfield (Superintendent Budd), Ashleigh Semkiw (Miss Wordsworth), Tyler S. Nelson (Mr. Upfold), Alexander Tall (Mr. Gedge) in Albert Herring, Castleton Festival, 2009 (photo by Leslie Maazel)The first year of Lorin Maazel's Castleton Festival came to a close this weekend, meaning one last road trip to Rappahannock County for me to see the final

Music | Castleton Festival: Down on a Virginia Farm, a New Festival of Music

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.

As NY Phil Clock Winds Down, Lorin Maazel Looks Back

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.'"...

Alex Ross: Lorin Maazel and Stanley Drucker bow out.

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 . . .