1930 - 2014
Lorin Varencove Maazel (, March 6, 1930 – July 13, 2014) was an American conductor, violinist and composer. He began conducting at the age of eight and by 1953 had decided to pursue a career in music. He had established a reputation in the concert halls of Europe by 1960 but, by comparison, his career in the U.S. progressed far more slowly. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lorin Maazel has received more than 359,193 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Lorin Maazel is the 8th most popular conductor (up from 9th in 2019), the 792nd most popular biography from France (up from 865th in 2019) and the most popular French Conductor.
Lorin Maazel is most famous for his work as a conductor. He has conducted orchestras all over the world, and was the music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra from 1988 to 2004.
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Among conductors, Lorin Maazel ranks 8 out of 97. Before him are Daniel Barenboim, Claudio Abbado, Arturo Toscanini, Zubin Mehta, Wilhelm Furtwängler, and Riccardo Muti. After him are Sergiu Celibidache, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Karl Böhm, Bruno Walter, Georg Solti, and Otto Klemperer.
1942 - Present
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 2
1933 - 2014
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 3
1867 - 1957
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 4
1936 - Present
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 5
1886 - 1954
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 6
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 7
1930 - 2014
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 8
1912 - 1996
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 9
1929 - 2016
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 10
1894 - 1981
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 11
1876 - 1962
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 12
1912 - 1997
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 13
1885 - 1973
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 14
Among people born in 1930, Lorin Maazel ranks 44. Before him are Carlos Menem, Hugh Everett III, Félix Guattari, Leon Cooper, Edsger W. Dijkstra, and Tippi Hedren. After him are Ali al-Sistani, Carlos Kleiber, Yves Chauvin, Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, Gylmar dos Santos Neves, and Adunis. Among people deceased in 2014, Lorin Maazel ranks 34. Before him are H. R. Giger, Adolfo Suárez, Martin Lewis Perl, Jack Brabham, Maya Angelou, and Masaru Emoto. After him are Bob Hoskins, Mickey Rooney, Robert A. Dahl, Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba, Karlheinz Böhm, and Daniel Keyes.
1930 - 2021
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 38
1930 - 1982
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 39
1930 - 1992
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 40
1930 - Present
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 41
1930 - 2002
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 42
1930 - Present
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 43
1930 - 2014
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 44
1930 - Present
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 45
1930 - 2004
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 46
1930 - 2015
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 47
1930 - 2017
HPI: 63.62
Rank: 48
1930 - 2013
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 49
1930 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 50
1940 - 2014
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 28
1932 - 2014
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 29
1927 - 2014
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 30
1926 - 2014
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 31
1928 - 2014
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 32
1943 - 2014
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 33
1930 - 2014
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 34
1942 - 2014
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 35
1920 - 2014
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 36
1915 - 2014
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 37
1926 - 2014
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 38
1928 - 2014
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 39
1927 - 2014
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 40
Among people born in France, Lorin Maazel ranks 792 out of 6,011. Before him are Françoise Marie de Bourbon (1677), Bernart de Ventadorn (1135), Charlotte of Savoy (1441), Girard Desargues (1591), Antoine François Prévost (1697), and Pierre Boulle (1912). After him are Jacques de Vaucanson (1709), Louise Élisabeth of France (1727), Alain-René Lesage (1668), Dagobert II (650), Edmond James de Rothschild (1845), and Émile Loubet (1838).
1677 - 1749
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 786
1135 - 1190
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 787
1441 - 1483
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 788
1591 - 1661
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 789
1697 - 1763
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 790
1912 - 1994
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 791
1930 - 2014
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 792
1709 - 1782
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 793
1727 - 1759
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 794
1668 - 1747
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 795
650 - 679
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 796
1845 - 1934
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 797
1838 - 1929
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 798
Among conductors born in France, Lorin Maazel ranks 1. After him are Charles Munch (1891), Pierre Monteux (1875), Jean Martinon (1910), and Paul Paray (1886).
1930 - 2014
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 1
1891 - 1968
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 2
1875 - 1964
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 3
1910 - 1976
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 4
1886 - 1979
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 5