Kurt Masur

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Gender	Male
Death	8 years ago
Date of birth	July 18,1927
Zodiac sign	Cancer
Born	Brzeg
	Poland
Date of died	December 19,2015
Died	Greenwich
	Connecticut
	United States
Spouse	Tomoko Sakurai
	Irmgard Masur
	Brigitte Stütze
Children	Carolin Masur
	Ken-David Masur
	Angelika Masur
	Matthias Masur
	Michael Masur
Albums	Grieg: Peer Gynt
	Bruch/Brahms: Violin Concertos
	Violin Concertos
	Franck: Symphony in D Min...
	Beethoven : Sympho...
	Mendelssohn
Job	Film Score Composer
	Music Director
Movies/Shows	The Brahms Symphonies
	Kurt Masur: Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
	The Teatro La Fenice: New Year's Concert 2006
	Classic Archive: Ferenc Fricsay: Music Transfigured
	Verdi: Othello
	Mendelssohn Gala Concert
	Kurt Masur: A Life in Music: The Anniversary Gala from Leipzig
Awards	Deutscher Fernsehpreis - Founders' Honorary Award
	Echo Klassic Lifetime Achievement Award
Style	Classical music
Listen artist	open.spotify.com
Place of burial	Südfriedhof, Leipzig, Germany
Burial place	Südfriedhof
	Leipzig
	Germany
Date of Reg.	2019-02-23 02:35:53
Date of Upd.	2023-09-11 05:15:26
ID	457922

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Kurt Masur Life story

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 director of the New York Philharmonic.