You're invited to our pre-Oscar virtual conversation with acclaimed Yale alumnus conductor John Mauceri ’67, ’70 MPhil, consultant on the film TÁR, nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture. Mauceri served as Musical Advisor on TÁR, working closely with writer director Todd Field to help ensure authentic portrayals of conductor life, conversations, and characters. The film's lead fictional conductor Lydia Tár, played by Cate Blanchett, directly quotes Mauceri's words and draws from his extensive experience. Mauceri led the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra for 16 seasons, was a longtime colleague of Leonard Bernstein, and has conducted concerts, operas, and musicals around the world. In this virtual discussion, he will share how his experiences helped bring this character and world to life in the film. Moderated by red carpet host Yalie Albert Lawrence, our Yale in Hollywood - Unscripted Chair.
John Mauceri is internationally known as celebrated conductor of symphony orchestras, opera companies, Broadway musicals and Hollywood’s émigré composers. He has won Grammy and Tony awards, and performed on 70 albums. After graduating Yale in Music Theory, he was appointed to the university’s faculty at age 21, serving for 15 years and occasionally returning as a visiting professor. He also was musical director for the Yale Symphony Orchestra. Later, Maestro Mauceri led the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, which was created for him by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, conducting an unprecedented 325 concerts over 16 seasons. He has worked with top musical artists including Madonna, Billie Eilish, Herbie Hancock, Santana, Josh Groban, Garth Brooks, Brian Wilson, and Julie Andrews. He has authored three books: “Maestros and Their Music,” “For the Love of Music: A Conductor's Guide to the Art of Listening,” and “The War on Music.”
