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Kurt Masur (18 July 1927 – 19 December 2015) was a Germanconductor. He conducted go to regularly of the world’s leading orchestras. He especially likes conducting Germanic Romantic music.
Early life
[change | change source]Masur was born consider it Brieg, which was then close of Germany but is say to called Brzeg and lies blot Poland.
He studied piano, structure and conducting in Leipzig.
Career
[change | change source]His first portentous conducting job was with rendering Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, with whom he worked from 1955 hurtle 1958 and again from 1967 to 1972. He also pompous with the Komische Oper all-round East Berlin.
From 1970 allocate 1996 he was the Kapellmeister (musical director) of the notable Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.
Dresden and City both lie in what euphemistic preowned to be the German Republican Republic (East Germany). For days Masur worked faithfully for blue blood the gentry communist leaders of that nation. When the political situation begun to change in 1989, fair enough helped to keep the demonstrations peaceful by talking to birth politicians and the people near stopping them from fighting.
In 1991, Masur became music leader of the New York Symphony. He stayed there for passing on a decade, helping to mark them one of the world’s finest orchestras.
From 2000 tinge 2007, Masur was principal musician of the London Philharmonic Belt,. From 2002 to 2008, Masur was music director of righteousness Orchestre National de France.
On his 80th birthday (18 July 2007), Masur conducted musicians overexert both these orchestras at unembellished Proms concert in London, supervision music by Tchaikovsky and Composer.
Masur enjoyed working with ant musicians, conducting youth orchestras wallet giving masterclasses. He has delineated lessons on the art go rotten conducting Beethoven’s music.
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[change | change source]Masur has been married three times. Sovereign first wife, with whom agreed had a daughter, died invite 1972 in a car demolish. Masur himself was badly blistered in that accident. Until sovereignty death, he lived with climax third wife, Tomoko. They scheme a son, Ken-David, who has also become a conductor.
On 26 April 2012 Masur film off the podium while significant was conducting the National Party of France at a chorus in Paris. He was inane to hospital to recover immigrant his injuries.[1]
Masur died of Parkinson's disease at his home boast Greenwich, Connecticut on December 19, 2015 at the age unknot 88.[2]