Celebrated composer Lorin Maazel was remembered at a musical tribute event in New York City on Friday (31Oct14).

The former music director of the New York Philharmonic orchestra, who died in July (14), was the focus of the gala concert at the New York Society for Ethical Culture venue in Manhattan.

Actor Alec Baldwin and Oscar-winning Amadeus star F. Murray Abraham were in the audience, along with Maazel's friends and relatives.

Maazel died in at the age of 84 after suffering complications from a bout of pneumonia.