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Conductor Lorin Maazel dies at 84, led New York Philharmonic

By Brendan O’Brien Sun Jul 13, 2014 9:27pm EDT (Reuters) – Conductor Lorin Maazel, a child prodigy who later directed the New York Philharmonic, the Pittsburgh Symphony and the Munich Philharmonic, died on Sunday at the age of 84, according to music festival he founded. Maazel died in Virginia from complications following pneumonia, the Castleton Festival said in a statement on its website. Maazel was born in Paris in 1930 to American parents and spent […]