Gewandhaus leipzig kurt masur biography

          Kurt Masur was a German conductor..

          German conductor, known for his heartfelt interpretations of the German Romantic repertoire, who rose to prominence in East Germany in the s.

        1. German conductor, known for his heartfelt interpretations of the German Romantic repertoire, who rose to prominence in East Germany in the s.
        2. Kurt Masur As a conductor, he was associated with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra for 26 years.
        3. Kurt Masur was a German conductor.
        4. Read the remarkable story of how Kurt Masur, Kapellmeister (conductor) of Leipzig's Gewandhausorchester, helped bring about the end of East.
        5. A professor at the Leipzig Academy of Music since , Kurt Masur has received numerous honors, including the Cross of the Order of Merits of the Federal.

          6. Kurt Masur

          German conductor (1927–2015)

          Kurt Masur (German pronunciation:[ˈkʊʁtmaˈzuːɐ̯]; 18 July 1927 – 19 December 2015) was a German conductor. Called "one of the last old-style maestros",[1] 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 for about ten years. He made many recordings of classical music with major orchestras.

          Kurt Masur was a German conductor.

          Masur is also remembered for his actions to support peaceful demonstrations against the East German government in the 1989 demonstrations in Leipzig; those protests were part of the events leading up to the fall of the Berlin wall.

          Biography

          Masur was born in Brieg, Lower Silesia, Germany (now Brzeg, Poland), and studied piano, composition and conducting in Leipzig, Saxony. His father was an electrical engineer, and as a young boy he completed an electrician's appre