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.

Known For

La Maestra: Alondra de la Parra

Self/Conductor

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig: Mendelssohn/Mussorgsky (Masur)

Conductor

Tanglewood: A Place for Music

Self

Mendelssohn Gala Concert From the Gewandhaus Leipzig

Conductor

The Brahms Symphonies / Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Kurt Masur

Conductor

Tanglewood: So you want to be a conductor

Self

Kurt Masur: Beethoven: Symphony No. 9