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    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...
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    media correspondent Kurt Looby (born 1984), Antiguan basketball player Kurt Mann (born 1993), Australian rugby league project Kurt Masur (1927–2015), German...
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  • Ken-David Masur (born 1977) is a German-born American conductor. Born in Leipzig of Japanese and German ancestry, Masur is the son of conductor Kurt Masur and...
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    a million demonstrators turned out against the regime on 4 November. Kurt Masur, conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, led local negotiations...
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    part of the ancient town fortifications of Leipzig. It is located on Kurt-Masur-Platz in the southeast of the city center. From 1979 to 1993 it was operated...
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    and strive for peaceful dialogue. Initiated by the respected conductor Kurt Masur the group also included local members of the communist party. Expectations...
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    Wang performed and recorded Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto in G Minor with Kurt Masur at the Verbier Festival, accompanied by Kirill Troussov, David Aaron Carpenter...
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  • mathematician Jonathan Masur, American legal scholar Kate Masur (active 2022), American author Ken-David Masur (born 1977), German conductor Kurt Masur (1927–2015)...
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    bûcher on several occasions, with conductors such as Seiji Ozawa and Kurt Masur. She has recorded the role for Deutsche Grammophon with Ozawa (DG 429...
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    Neumann (1964–1968) Kurt Masur (1970–1996) Herbert Blomstedt (1998–2005) Riccardo Chailly (2005–2016) Andris Nelsons (2018–present) Kurt Masur (1996–2015) Herbert...
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    Colin Davis, Charles Dutoit, Bernard Haitink, James Levine, Lorin Maazel, Kurt Masur, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, André Previn, Sir Simon Rattle, Wolfgang...
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  • Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Ravel, and Poulenc under the direction of Kurt Masur, Simon Rattle, Neville Marriner, etc. She won the Grand Prix du Disque...
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    Christians (1922–2004) 2004 until 2012 Kurt Masur (1927–2015) since 2012 Tabea Zimmermann. The election of conductor Kurt Masur as chairman revived the former...
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    Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague Philharmonic Choir, Ankor Children's Choir; Kurt Masur, conductor (1996) Teldec: Carol Vaness, Jerry Hadley, Thomas Hampson;...
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    German director Gerhard Bosse (1922–2012), German violinist and conductor Kurt Masur (1927–2015), German conductor Karl-Heinz Kämmerling (1930–2012), German...
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    with the Rundfunkchor Leipzig and the Gewandhausorchester, conducted by Kurt Masur. In 1974 she made, with pianist Dalton Baldwin, the first complete recording...
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    moved into the original hall. The foundation stone was laid by conductor Kurt Masur on 8 November 1977. The architect was Rudolf Skoda, who like his predecessor...
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    Orchestra, 1993 Giuseppe Sinopoli with the Philharmonia Orchestra, 1993 Kurt Masur with the New York Philharmonic, 1994 Michael Halász with the Polish National...
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  • Bartholomée Orchestre philharmonique de Liège 1983 Cypres CYP7650-12 Kurt Masur Gewandhausorchester Leipzig 1983 Decca 446 101–2 Herbert von Karajan Berliner...
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  • Seiji Ozawa, Mstislav Rostropovich, Herbert von Karajan, Claudio Abbado, Kurt Masur, Sir Colin Davis, Riccardo Muti, pianists Maurizio Pollini and Vladimir...
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  • Georges Prêtre, Leopold Stokowski, Valery Gergiev, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Kurt Masur, Seiji Ozawa and Yuri Temirkanov, however, choose not to hold a baton...
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    Berlin. Past General Music Directors (GMD) of the company have included Kurt Masur, Rolf Reuter, Yakov Kreizberg, Kirill Petrenko, Carl St.Clair, Patrick...
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    Christoph Eschenbach, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Valery Gergiev, Neeme Järvi, Kurt Masur, Mikhail Pletnev, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Yuri Simonov, Leonard Slatkin...
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    Concerts of famous orchestras such as the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig under Kurt Masur, modern interpretations of classical music such as the Messiah of George...
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    Fellow with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. For 2014, she was a Kurt Masur conducting fellow. In May 2015, the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra (HPO)...
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    Fryderyk Chopin Institute, Warsaw. In 1976–80, he began working with Kurt Masur and the Gewandhaus Orchestra. In 1977, he premiered Feldman's solo work...
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    in the title role followed earlier recordings under Gerd Albrecht and Kurt Masur. Recordings of Das Paradies und die Peri include sets conducted by Gardiner...
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  • September' from 'Four Last Songs Jessye Norman (soprano) Gewandhaus Orchester/Kurt Masur Label: PHILIPS 411052-2. Ali Farka Touré Heygana Ali Farka Toure Label:...
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    graduation she further trained under the supervision of Gabriel Chmura, Kurt Masur, Colin Metters, Howard Griffiths, David Zinman and Pierre Boulez. Between...
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  • Orchestra conducted by Kurt Masur, and his recording of Beethoven's "Moonlight" Sonata and Brahms's First Piano Concerto, also with Kurt Masur and the Leipzig...
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