Lorin Maazel continues to enjoy a whirlwind career, no matter that he has reached the time in life when many choose to retire. Currently the music director of the Munich Philharmonic, he has held that post with the New York Philharmonic, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra. His international roles include artistic director and principal conductor of the Vienna State Opera and the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
When he is not conducting major orchestras worldwide, recording (more than 300) and composing, his passion is mentoring emerging young conductors, instrumentalists and vocalists at his estate in Castleton, Va. There he has established an incomparable residency program that hones the skills of more than 200 musicians, stage directors, costumers and set designers each summer.
