Ninety-five years ago today, on March 6, 1930 (February 7, 1930 in the lunar calendar), American musician Lorraine Maazel was born. Lorraine Maazel (1930-), French-American conductor, composer and violinist. Mazel was born on March 6, 1930 in Neuilly, a town in the western suburb of Paris. At the age of 5, he started learning violin with Mordlen and piano with Armitage at the age of 7. The following year, he studied conducting with Ba Kalenikov, deputy conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. On July 13th, 1938, Mazel, who was only 8 years old, actually took the stage to conduct the visiting University of Idaho Orchestra to perform Schubert's Eighth Symphony. On August 18th of the following year, Mazel conducted the Interlochen Orchestra to perform Mendelssohn's Fourth Symphony (Italy) at the New York International Exposition. In the same year, at the invitation of the conductor toscanini, he conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra to perform Tchaikovsky's Slavic Dance at Hollywood Concert Hall. At the age of 11-12, he successively conducted NBC Symphony Orchestra, new york Philharmonic Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra and San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Mazel's amazing command skills are known as a prodigy conductor. In 1946, at the age of 16, Marzel officially entered the University of Pittsburgh, specializing in linguistics, mathematics and philosophy. At the same time, he appeared on the music stage as a violinist, often holding solo recital and string quartet. In 1952, Mazel won a Fulbright scholarship to study in Italy, specializing in baroque music in Rome, Venice and Milan. On December 24th of the following year, he conducted the Bellini Orchestra for the first time as a conductor in Catania, Sicily, and began his conducting career. In 1962, he led the French National Orchestra on a tour of the United States, and from 1965 to 1971, Maazel became the music director of the Berlin State Opera. From 1965 to 1975, he was the chief conductor of the West Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. From 1972 to 1982, Mazel served as music director and chief conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra. Later, he was invited as the general manager and artistic director of Vienna State Opera. This is the first American conductor to receive this high honor. From 1998 to 1990, he also served as musical director of the Orchestra National de France. Besides conducting, he is also a composer, violinist, television director, artist, music administrator, writer, versatile and highly respected.