Skip to main content
Kurt Masur

Kurt Masur

Acting

01927-07-182015-12-19 (age 88)Brzeg, PolandMale

Biography

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.