Kurt Masur
ActingJuly 18, 1927 (88 years old at death)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.
