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Masur, Kurt (b Brieg, Silesia, 1927). Ger. conductor. Cond., Erfurt 1951–3, Leipzig City Th. 1953–5, Dresden PO 1955–8, Schwerin 1958–60. Chosen by Felsenstein as mus. dir., Berlin Komische Oper 1960, staying until 1964. Returned to Dresden PO 1964–7; cond., Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch. 1970–98. Eng. début 1973. Prin. cond. NYPO from 1991; LPO from 2000, mus. dir. French Nat. Orch. from 2001.

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Kurt Masur , 1927-, German conductor, b. Brieg, Germany (now Brzeg, Poland). Masur is noted for his performances of the German composers whose works form the core of the traditional symphonic repertoire and of modern Eastern European and Russian composers. He studied piano, composition, and conducting at the Music College of Leipzig. Starting in 1948 he held a number of conducting posts in East Germany. His first major orchestral appointment came in 1955, when he became conductor of the Dresden Philharmonic; he later served (1967-72) as its chief conductor. Masur was music director of the highly esteemed Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig from 1970 to 1997; during his tenure he played a prominent part in the city events (1989) that contributed to the collapse of the East German Communist regime. In 1991 he succeeded Zubin Mehta as music director of the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra . In 2002 he left New York, where he became the second conductor after Leonard Bernstein to be named director emeritus, and assumed the posts of principal conductor of the London Philharmonic and music director of the Orchestre National de France.

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Magazine article from: National Review; 7/23/2001; ; 700+ words ; Last month, Kurt Masur finished his second-to-the-last season...over approximately these same years- Kurt Masur led a renaissance at Avery Fisher Hall...Maazel. The very greatest rap against Kurt Masur is that he has not programmed enough... Read more
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Magazine article from: Sensible Sound; 4/1/2003; 315 words ; Anne-Sophie Mutter; Kurt Masur, New York Philharmonic. DG 289 471 349-2. By now it should be a given...well. What I didn't expect was the rather lax accompaniment from Kurt Masur and his New York players in an interpretation that seems to these... Read more
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Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine); 7/7/1998; ; 593 words ; * Bernstein: Composer and Champion, conducted by Kurt Masur * Literally: Bernstein, conducted by Jonathan Sheffer * The Unknown Bernstein, conducted by Michael Barrett * All Our Yesterdays... Read more
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Magazine article from: American Music Teacher; 12/1/2006; 132 words ; ...America, Europe and Asia. She also has worked with an array of today's most prominent conductors, including Seiji Ozawa, Kurt Masur, Leonard Slatkin and Robert Shaw, the musician she credits with giving her the early and important opportunities that... Read more
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Magazine article from: New Criterion; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...physical deterioration of the orchestral sheet music. Kurt Masur, laboring over the last several years to reconstitute...Ms. Jones in a hoarse shout. One has to wonder what Mr. Masur was thinking when he commissioned the narrative. With... Read more
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Magazine article from: National Review; 4/11/2005; ; 170 words ; ...Deutsche Grammophon, Mutter treats her piece with customary expertise. This performance was recorded live two years ago; Kurt Masur conducts the Orchestre National de France. Also on the CD are Bartok's Second Concerto and Stravinsky's Concerto in D... Read more
Everyday life transformed: a case study of Leipzig since German unification.
Magazine article from: World Affairs; 3/22/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...has also been credited to Leipzig and the combined skills of the local party chief, the director of the Gewandhaus, Kurt Masur, a Protestant pastor, and others in persuading the demonstrators to remain calm and the security forces not to intervene... Read more

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