Kurt Masur
Acting
July 18, 1927
Died at age 88
December 19, 2015
Date of Death
Brzeg, Poland
16 Credits
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.
