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Kurt Masur
Masur conducting the Dresdner Philharmonie (Dresden) in 2012
Born
(1927-07-18)18 July 1927
Brieg, Lower Silesia, 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
Classical music
Spouses
Brigitte Stütze
(div. 1966)
Irmgard Elsa Kaul
(died 1972)
Tomoko Sakurai
(m. 1975)
Children
5
Kurt Masur (18 July 1927 – 19 December 2015) was a German conductor. Called "one of the last old-style maestros",[1] 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. He left many recordings of classical music played by major orchestras. Masur is also remembered for his actions to support peaceful demonstrations in the 1989 anti-government demonstrations in Leipzig; the protests were part of the events leading up to the fall of the Berlin wall.
^"In praise of... Kurt Masur". Opinion: classical music. The Guardian. 18 July 2007. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
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and strive for peaceful dialogue. Initiated by the respected conductor KurtMasur the group also included local members of the communist party. Expectations...
bûcher on several occasions, with conductors such as Seiji Ozawa and KurtMasur. She has recorded the role for Deutsche Grammophon with Ozawa (DG 429...
Colin Davis, Charles Dutoit, Bernard Haitink, James Levine, Lorin Maazel, KurtMasur, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, André Previn, Sir Simon Rattle, Wolfgang...
part of the ancient town fortifications of Leipzig. It is located on Kurt-Masur-Platz in the southeast of the city center. From 1979 to 1993 it was operated...
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Christoph Eschenbach, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Valery Gergiev, Neeme Järvi, KurtMasur, Mikhail Pletnev, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Yuri Simonov, Leonard Slatkin...
Orchestra conducted by KurtMasur, and his recording of Beethoven's "Moonlight" Sonata and Brahms's First Piano Concerto, also with KurtMasur and the Leipzig...
Fryderyk Chopin Institute, Warsaw. In 1976–80, he began working with KurtMasur and the Gewandhaus Orchestra. In 1977, he premiered Feldman's solo work...
Her other conducting mentors include Marin Alsop, Charles Dutoit, and KurtMasur. She served as an apprentice conductor with the New Amsterdam Symphony...
graduation she further trained under the supervision of Gabriel Chmura, KurtMasur, Colin Metters, Howard Griffiths, David Zinman and Pierre Boulez. Between...
moved into the original hall. The foundation stone was laid by conductor KurtMasur on 8 November 1977. The architect was Rudolf Skoda, who like his predecessor...
with the Rundfunkchor Leipzig and the Gewandhausorchester, conducted by KurtMasur. In 1974 she made, with pianist Dalton Baldwin, the first complete recording...
referred to the venue as "A Very Fishy Hall." In 1992, under the tenure of KurtMasur with the New York Philharmonic, several solid maple wood convex surfaces...
European tour marking the 50th anniversary of Toscanini's trip to Europe. KurtMasur, who had been conducting the Philharmonic frequently since his debut in...
has taken further master classes in conducting with Hartmut Haenchen, KurtMasur, Peter Gülke, Georg Fritzsch and Roland Seiffarth. From 2008 to 2013,...
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