CONDUCTOR

Kurt Masur

1927 - 2015

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Kurt Masur (German pronunciation: [ˈkʊʁt maˈzuːɐ̯]; 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 for about ten years. He made many recordings of classical music with major orchestras. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kurt Masur is the 19th most popular conductor, the 281st most popular biography from Poland (up from 291st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Polish Conductor.

Kurt Masur is most famous for his work as the conductor of the New York Philharmonic and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Kurt Masur ranks 19 out of 128. Before him are Otto Klemperer, Felix Weingartner, Herbert Blomstedt, Seiji Ozawa, Rafael Kubelík, and Dimitri Mitropoulos. After him are Carlo Maria Giulini, Erich Kleiber, Hans Knappertsbusch, Leopold Stokowski, Serge Koussevitzky, and Georg Solti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Kurt Masur ranks 86. Before him are Ibrahim Ferrer, Lee Grant, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Victor Wong, Robert Noyce, and Jean-Claude Pascal. After him are Steve Ditko, Rosemary Harris, R. D. Laing, Günter Guillaume, Lucio Fulci, and Jupp Derwall. Among people deceased in 2015, Kurt Masur ranks 73. Before him are Marshall Rosenberg, Pierre Brice, Dave Mackay, Halldór Ásgrímsson, Nirmala Joshi, and Setsuko Hara. After him are Louis Jourdan, Phil Taylor, Georges Wolinski, Robert Loggia, Gabriele Ferzetti, and Rod Taylor.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Kurt Masur ranks 281 out of 1,694. Before him are Jerzy Skolimowski (1938), Jan Kochanowski (1530), Carl Gotthard Langhans (1732), Stanisław Ryłko (1945), Miguel Najdorf (1910), and Hans Kammler (1901). After him are Adam Stefan Sapieha (1867), Dieter Wisliceny (1911), Stanisława Walasiewicz (1911), Adam Czerniaków (1880), David Seymour (1911), and Mieczysław Weinberg (1919).

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Among CONDUCTORS In Poland

Among conductors born in Poland, Kurt Masur ranks 2. Before him are Otto Klemperer (1885). After him are Kurt Sanderling (1912), Marek Janowski (1939), and Paul Kletzki (1900).

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