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Kurt Masur
Acting
18 Jul 1927
† 19 Dec 2015
Brzeg, Poland
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.







