Kurt Masur

    Kurt Masur

    July 18, 1927 (97 years old) in Brzeg, Poland

    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.

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