Kurt Masur, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kurt Masur

German conductor

Date of Birth: 18-Jul-1927

Place of Birth: Brzeg, Opole Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 19-Dec-2015

Profession: conductor, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Kurt Masur (18 July 1927 – 19 December 2015) 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.
He left many recordings of classical music played by major orchestras.
Masur is also remembered for his actions to support peaceful demonstrations in the 1989 anti-government demonstrations in Leipzig; the protests were part of the events leading up to the fall of the Berlin wall.