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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1927
- Active to
- 2015
Discography
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Kurt Masur (born July 18, 1927) is a German conductor. Masur was born in Brieg in Silesia and studied piano, composition and conducting in Leipzig. He held a number of conducting posts in East Germany, conducting the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra from 1955 to 1958 and again from 1967 to 1972. In 1970 he became kapellmeister of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, serving in that post until 1996. In 1991 he succeeded Zubin Mehta as music director of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra (NYP), leavi
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1927-07-18 ) 18 July 1927, Brieg , Free State of Prussia , Germany
- Died
- 19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) (aged 88), Greenwich, Connecticut , U.S.
- Burial place
- Südfriedhof (Leipzig) , Germany
- Alma mater
- University of Music and Theatre Leipzig
- Occupation
- Conductor
- Years active
- 1955–2014
- Organizations
- Dresden Philharmonic Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra New York Philharmonic London Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestre National de France
- Style
- Western classical music
- Spouses
- Brigitte Stütze ( divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1966 ) Irmgard Elsa Kaul ( died 1972 ) Tomoko Sakurai ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1975 )
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kurt
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- German Democratic Republic
- Place of birth
- Brzeg
- Place of death
- Greenwich
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Music and Theatre Leipzig
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- German
- Field of work
- conducting
- Genre
- classical music
- Record label
- Philips Records
- Official website
- www.kurtmasur.com
- Image
- Kurt masur.jpg
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- Kurt Masur
- date of birth
- 1927-07-18
- date of death
- 2015-12-19
- medical condition
- Parkinson's disease
- name in native language
- Kurt Masur
- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of burial
- Leipzig South Cemetery
- cause of death
- Parkinson's disease
- student
- Matthias Manasi
- start of work period
- 1955-00-00
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- Masur
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Encyclopedic overview
Kurt Masur ( German pronunciation: [ˈkʊʁt maˈzuːɐ̯]; 18 July 1927 – 19 December 2015) 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 director of the New York Philharmonic for about ten years. He made many recordings of classical music with major orchestras. Masur is also remembered for his actions to support peaceful demonstrations against the East German government in the 1989 demonstrations in Leipzig; those protests were part of the events leading up to the fall of the Berlin wall.
Biography
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