(dpa files) - US conductor Lorin Maazel and his wife, German actress Dietlinde Turban, pictured in Munich, 13 February 1997. Lorin Maazel was born on 6 March 1930 at Neuilly (Paris), France, of American parents. He was brought up and educated in the United States and at the age of only seven, he was invited by Toscanini to conduct the N.B.C. Symphony, and subsequently led the New Y

(dpa files) - US conductor Lorin Maazel and his wife, German actress Dietlinde Turban, pictured in Munich, 13 February 1997. Lorin Maazel was born on 6 March 1930 at Neuilly (Paris), France, of American parents. He was brought up and educated in the United States and at the age of only seven, he was invited by Toscanini to conduct the N.B.C. Symphony, and subsequently led the New Y Stock Photo
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(dpa files) - US conductor Lorin Maazel and his wife, German actress Dietlinde Turban, pictured in Munich, 13 February 1997. Lorin Maazel was born on 6 March 1930 at Neuilly (Paris), France, of American parents. He was brought up and educated in the United States and at the age of only seven, he was invited by Toscanini to conduct the N.B.C. Symphony, and subsequently led the New York Philharmonic in summer concerts at Lewisohn Stadium. Lorin Maazel began his tenure as the fifth Music Director of the Cleveland Orchestra at the beginning of the 1972-1973 season, a position he held for ten years. From September 1982 to 1984, he was General Manager and Artistic Director of the Vienna State Opera. From 1993 to 2002 he was music director of the symphony orchestra of the Bayerische Rundfunk (Bavarian broadcasting company) in Munich. Maazel was the first American and youngest conductor to conduct at Bayreuth.