Kurt Masur
German conductor (1927–2015) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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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 |
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Style | Classical music |
Spouses | Brigitte Stütze (div. 1966)Irmgard Elsa Kaul (died 1972)Tomoko Sakurai (m. 1975) |
Children | 5 |
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