Acting

Kurt Masur

Born 18 July 1927 · Brzeg, Poland · Died 19 December 2015 at 88

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.