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384: 489:(NYP). He was an unexpected choice who brought needed change to that orchestra. "Masur's appointment was a clear signal that it was time for the orchestra to begin anew." Former concertmaster Glenn Dicterow said in 2012 "It takes a big personality to unite 105 players onstage — to get everybody to be as inspired as he is — and, uh, it's hard work, . . And he's just so demanding and intense that I think that he got, just by his sheer intensity of his personality, I think it sort of transformed most of us." Masur directed the Philharmonic in a performance of Brahms's 1325: 1715: 1941: 1531: 135: 613: 25: 595: 2202: 441:
Masur was married three times, and had a total of five children. His first marriage to Brigitte Stütze produced three children, and ended in divorce in 1966. He and his second wife, Irmgard Elsa Kaul, had a daughter, Carolin Masur, who became an opera singer. Irmgard died in 1972 in a car accident in
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In October 1944 the Nazis announced that all men between the ages of 16 and 60 could be conscripted, which included the young conductor. Masur was drafted into the paratroopers late in 1944. He was sent to fight; "ut of the 150 people of his unit, only 27 survived", before being captured by American
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for about ten years. He made many recordings of classical music with major orchestras. Masur is also remembered for his actions to support peaceful demonstrations against the East German government in the
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by the French government, as well as becoming a New York City Cultural Ambassador. In 1999, he received the Commander Cross of Merit of the Polish Republic.
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in communist East Germany, negotiating an end to a confrontation that could have resulted in security forces attacking the protesters, one month before the
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which Masur was severely injured. In 1975, he married his third wife, soprano and violist, Tomoko Sakurai: they had one son,
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and British forces on 1 May 1945. Masur and his family were lucky: not a single family member died in the war.
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in Leipzig, with music played by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Thomanerchor. Burial took place in
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bestowed upon him the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit with Star and Ribbon; in 2008, he received the
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Grand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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On 18 July 2018, which would have been Masur's 91st birthday, Google featured him in a
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concert in London. Masur held the lifetime title of Honorary Guest Conductor of the
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for three years ending in 1958 and again from 1967 to 1972. He also worked with the
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beginning in 1975, Masur received numerous honors. He received the Cross of the
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From 1946 until 1948, he studied conducting, composition and piano at the
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Leo Baeck Institute, "Leo Baeck Medal for Kurt Masur", 10 November 2010
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Orchestre National de France Principal Conductors and Music Directors
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Masur, wife Tomoko, daughter Carolin, and son Ken David in 1981
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in the United States, Germany, Belarus, Iceland, and Japan.
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Masur conducting the Dresdner Philharmonie (Dresden) in 2012
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in 1995, and the Gold Medal of Honor for Music from the
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Although Masur spent most of his professional career in
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led by Kurt Masur performing Mendelssohn's Symphonies:
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