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RE: Maazel/Cleveland

The first year I attended concerts at Severance Hall in 1980, Maazel was the music director, in his final season..... It was then basically "music director by committee" the few years after that, before Christoph von Dohnanyi became MD in I believe 1984...... (I thought the Orchestra performed some phenomenal concerts between the Maazel and Dohnanyi eras.) That first year, I believe I saw him for about ten concerts..... Aside from a phenomenal Beethoven Seven, none of them were memorable.

When I saw him conduct live in Cleveland, I was struck by how "hyper" he was at the time..... (He made Gustavo Dudamel look "relaxed".... ) It almost looked like he was on speed or something.... I remember one moment where he almost knocked over the music stand in front of cellist Stephen Geber, who then had to get the music back in order..... Concertgoers told me Maazel in previous years sent his baton flying into the orchestra or audience on a few occasions......

The post-Cleveland Maazel didn't have any semblance of this hyper behavior..... (He seemed "sedated" in his later years.) I sometimes wonder if he had a medical condition, that was maybe addressed.


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