Lorin Maazel quotes

Lorin Maazel was a renowned French-American conductor and violinist, acclaimed for both his technical mastery and expressive interpretations. His career spanned over seventy years, leading major orchestras including the New York Philharmonic and the Cleveland Orchestra. He was also celebrated as a composer and mentor to generations of musicians. Here are 5 of his quotes:

I don't want to be conducting Mahler with my head stuffed full of 10 million notes from other composers.

Lorin Maazel

I come to a performance of music that I know very well as if I were performing it for the first time. Every day is a new day, a new experience. This is the way I approach a masterpiece. A masterpiece can never age - it's only the people who perform it or listen to it who become insensitive to it. If you come with a fresh feeling toward a masterpiece, it will always feel fresh and give you the benefit of its genius.

Lorin Maazel

I think I infuse the music with a new passion. Part of this is because I have fallen in love: I am in love with the New York Philharmonic. The chemistry has just been right. Beyond expectation.

Lorin Maazel

The Beethoven Experience provided the opportunity to solidify the relationship between the Orchestra and me, the Orchestra and me and the public, between all of us and the city of New York, because Beethoven after all is a really amazing point of reference.

Lorin Maazel