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Lorin Maazel
Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2010
English - April 03, 2005 10:15 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 126 ratingsPersonal Journals Society & Culture interview entrepreneurship business health entrepreneur leadership comedy news politics culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the musical director of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra Lorin Maazel.
He was a child prodigy whose career as a conductor has survived, and thrived, beyond his early precocity. His musical talent became apparent at the age of five, when he began playing the violin, while at seven he was discovered conducting a piece by Haydn playing on his parents' record player. He was the first American and youngest conductor, at the age of 30, to conduct Lohengrin at Bayreuth. After a career which has included prestigious posts at the Vienna State Opera and the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestras, he is currently Musical Director of the New York Philharmonic. In May this year, Lorin Maazel's first opera, an adaption of George Orwell's 1984, will he performed at the Royal Opera House in London.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: Quartet No 14 'Death and the Maiden' 4th Movement by Franz Schubert
Book: Pensées by Blaise Pascal
Luxury: Vermeer Painting - The Piano Lesson