Kurt Masur
German conductor
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Kurt Masur was a German conductor. Called "one of the last old-style maestros", he directed many of the principal orchestras of his era. He had a long career as the Kapellmeister of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, and also served as music... Wikipedia
Born: July 18, 1927, Brzeg, Poland
Died: December 19, 2015 (age 88 years), Greenwich, CT
Spouse: Tomoko Sakurai (m. 1975–2015), Irmgard Masur (m. 1971–1972), and Brigitte Stütze (m. ?–1966)
Children: Carolin Masur and Ken-David Masur
Place of burial: Südfriedhof, Leipzig, Germany
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Kurt Masur (18 July 1927 – 19 December 2015) was a German conductor. Called "one of the last old-style maestros", he directed many of the principal ...
Dec 19, 2015 · Kurt Masur, the music director emeritus of the New York Philharmonic, who was credited with transforming the orchestra from a sullen, ...
Mar 7, 2024 · Kurt Masur, German conductor known for his heartfelt interpretations of the German Romantic repertoire.
Dec 19, 2015 · Kurt Masur, a former music director of the New York Philharmonic, died Saturday from complications from Parkinson's disease at a hospital in ...
Dec 20, 2015 · Kurt Masur, who has died aged 88, began his career as a kapellmeister in the first sense of the word, and proved himself able to adapt to the ...
Kurt Masur passed away at the age of eighty-eight. He was born in Lower Silesia, and moved to Leipzig to study conducting after World War II — into which he ...
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Posted: Jan 19, 2023
Posted: Jan 19, 2023
Before becoming the New York Philharmonic's Music Director in 1991, Masur served as Kapellmeister of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, a position of profound ...
German conductor (1927-2015)
Mr. Masur is a guest conductor with the world's leading orchestras and holds the lifetime title of honorary guest conductor of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra ...