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クラシックの指揮者の第一人者として世界的に知られるロリン・マゼール氏が7月13日、肺炎による合併症のためアメリカ・バージニア州の自宅で死去した。84歳だった。ワシントン・ポストなどが報じた。
イギリスの新聞「ガーディアン」によると、マゼール氏は1930年生まれ。ベルリン放送交響楽団（現ベルリン・ドイツ交響楽団）やクリーブランド管弦楽団、パリ管弦楽団、ミュンヘン・フィルハーモニー管弦楽団、ニューヨーク・フィルハーモニックなど、ヨーロッパやアメリカ合衆国の主要な交響楽団の音楽監督を40年以上務めてきた。1980年以降はウィーン・フィルハーモニー管弦楽団のニューイヤーコンサートの指揮者を7年連続で務め、日本でもおなじみとなった。1982年には、ウィーン国立歌劇場の総監督となっている。
CNNによると、150以上のオーケストラで指揮棒を振るい、少なくとも5000以上のオペラやコンサートで指揮者として活躍した。2008年にはニューヨーク・フィルハーモニックを率いて北朝鮮の平壌で公演を行った。2013年にもオマーンやミュンヘンなど、111のコンサートで指揮をとっていた。
Lorin Maazel, 1930-2014
Lorin Maazel(01 of17)
American conductor, violinist and composer Lorin Maazel conducting at a BBC TV studio, 15th May 1961. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) (credit:Erich Auerbach via Getty Images)
Lorin Maazel(02 of17)
American conductor, composer and violinist Lorin Maazel, circa 1965. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images) (credit:Erich Auerbach via Getty Images)
Maazel And Violin(03 of17)
12th June 1970: US conductor Lorin Maazel, with a JB Guadagnini violin. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images) (credit:Erich Auerbach via Getty Images)
Paris-born US conductor Lorin Maazel pla(04 of17)
VIENNA, AUSTRIA: Paris-born US conductor Lorin Maazel plays the violin during the rehearsal of the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra at the \'Goldener Musikvereinsaal\' in Vienna for the upcoming New Year concert, 30 December 2004. AFP PHOTO/DIETER NAGL (Photo credit should read DIETER NAGL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:DIETER NAGL via Getty Images)
Musical Director (conductor) Lorin Maaze(05 of17)
Musical Director (conductor) Lorin Maazel (L) from the New York Philharmonic orchestra smiles after arriving at Pyongyang Airport for their inaugural performance in the North Korea capital, Pyongyang on February 25, 2008. The concert on 26 February, represents an unprecedented cultural exchange between North Korea and the United States, which labeled Pyongyang part of the \'Axis of Evil\' along with Iran and Iraq, prior to the US-led 2003 war . AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MARK RALSTON via Getty Images)
Musical Director Lorin Maazel (C) from t(06 of17)
Musical Director Lorin Maazel (C) from the New York Philarmonic orchestra conducts during their inaugural performance in Pyongyang on February 26, 2008. Taking his cue from Gershwin, the New York Philharmonic\'s conductor told those attending the orchestra\'s historic concert here February 26 that one day, a composer might celebrate Americans in North Korea. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MARK RALSTON via Getty Images)
North Korean audience give a standing ov(07 of17)
North Korean audience give a standing ovation to the New York Philharmonic orchestra led by Musical Director Lorin Maazel after their inaugural performance in Pyongyang on February 26, 2008. The powerful melodies of Dvorak and Gershwin filled a Pyongyang concert hall February 26 as the New York Philharmonic played an historic concert aimed at improving US ties with communist North Korea. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MARK RALSTON via Getty Images)
The New York Philharmonic orchestra led(08 of17)
The New York Philharmonic orchestra led by Musical Director (conductor) Lorin Maazel play during their inaugural performance in the North Korea capital, Pyongyang on February 26, 2008. The concert represents an unprecedented cultural exchange between North Korea and the United States, which labeled Pyongyang part of the \'Axis of Evil\' along with Iran and Iraq, prior to the US-led 2003 war. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MARK RALSTON via Getty Images)
US conductor Lorin Maazel listens to the(09 of17)
US conductor Lorin Maazel listens to the president of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Clemens Hellsberg during an award ceremony honoring him on the eve of his 80th birthday in Vienna on March 5, 2010. AFP PHOTO/DIETER NAGL (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AFP via Getty Images)
US conductor Lorin Maazel (C) holds an a(10 of17)
US conductor Lorin Maazel (C) holds an award aftewr being honored on the eve of his 80th birthday by the president of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Clemens Hellsberg (L) and Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder in Vienna on March 5, 2010. AFP PHOTO/DIETER NAGL (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AFP via Getty Images)
US conductor Lorin Maazel celebrates his(11 of17)
US conductor Lorin Maazel celebrates his 80th birthday conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra on March 6, 2010. Maazel, born to American parents in France, on March 6, 1930, was a child prodigy violinist, conductor and later composer. AFP PHOTO/DIETER NAGL (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AFP via Getty Images)
US conductor Lorin Maazel celebrates his(12 of17)
US conductor Lorin Maazel celebrates his 80th birthday conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra on March 6, 2010. Maazel, born to American parents in France, on March 6, 1930, was a child prodigy violinist, conductor and later composer. AFP PHOTO/DIETER NAGL (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AFP via Getty Images)
US conductor Lorin Maazel leads his orch(13 of17)
US conductor Lorin Maazel leads his orchestra, whose musicians come mainly from the Ruhr region, during the final rehearsal of \'Symphony No.8 Es Dur - Symphony of A thousand\', written by Gustav Mahler, on September 10, 2010 in Duisburg, western Germany. The performance of the Symphony will take place on September 12, 2010. AFP PHOTO PATRIK STOLLARZ (Photo credit should read PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PATRIK STOLLARZ via Getty Images)
US conductor Lorin Maazel (on screen) le(14 of17)
US conductor Lorin Maazel (on screen) leads his orchestra, whose musicians come mainly from the Ruhr region, during the final rehearsal of \'Symphony No.8 Es Dur - Symphony of A thousand\', written by Gustav Mahler, on September 10, 2010 in Duisburg, western Germany. The performance of the Symphony will take place on September 12, 2010. AFP PHOTO PATRIK STOLLARZ (Photo credit should read PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PATRIK STOLLARZ via Getty Images)
US conductor Lorin Maazel leads his orch(15 of17)
US conductor Lorin Maazel leads his orchestra, whose musicians come mainly from the Ruhr region, during the final rehearsal of \'Symphony No.8 Es Dur - Symphony of A thousand\', written by Gustav Mahler, on September 10, 2010 in Duisburg, western Germany. The performance of the Symphony will take place on September 12, 2010. AFP PHOTO PATRIK STOLLARZ (Photo credit should read PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PATRIK STOLLARZ via Getty Images)
AUSTRIA-OPERA-MAAZEL(16 of17)
U.S. conductor Lorin Maazel (C) poses for photographers as he receives the Great Golden Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria by Austrian Minister for culture Claudia Schmied (R) and the director of the State-Opera Dominique Meyer (L) on May 27, 2013 in Vienna. AFP PHOTO/SAMUEL KUBANI (Photo credit should read SAMUEL KUBANI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAMUEL KUBANI via Getty Images)
AUSTRIA-CULTURE-MUSIC-OPERA(17 of17)
US conductor Lorin Maazel unveils his bronze bust at the Vienna State Opera (Staatsoper) in Vienna on September 25, 2013. Maazel used to be the first American to become General Manager, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Vienna State Opera between 1982 and 1984. His close association with the Vienna Philharmonic includes 11 internationally televised New Years Concerts from Vienna. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER KLEIN (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ALEXANDER KLEIN via Getty Images)
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