Sir Kurt Masur

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Leipzig_Conservatory
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Commander_of_the_Order_of_Merit_of_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany
gptkb:Légion_d'honneur
gptkb:Order_of_the_Rising_Sun,_Gold_and_Silver_Star
gptkb:Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_Merit_of_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany
gptkb:Honorary_Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire_(KBE)
Order of Merit of Saxony
Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
gptkbp:birthDate 1927-07-18
gptkbp:birthPlace Brieg, Lower Silesia, Germany
gptkbp:causeOfDeath gptkb:Parkinson's_disease
gptkbp:child gptkb:Ken-David_Masur
gptkbp:deathDate 2015-12-19
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Greenwich,_Connecticut,_USA
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Leipzig_Gewandhaus_Orchestra
gptkb:London_Philharmonic_Orchestra
gptkb:New_York_Philharmonic
gptkb:Orchestre_National_de_France
gptkbp:genre classical music
gptkbp:honoraryDegree gptkb:Leipzig_University
gptkb:Yale_University
New School for Music, Berlin
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Kurt Masur
gptkbp:knownFor interpretations of Beethoven
interpretations of Brahms
interpretations of Mendelssohn
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkb:German
English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Leipzig_Gewandhaus_Orchestra
gptkb:London_Philharmonic_Orchestra
gptkb:New_York_Philharmonic
gptkb:Orchestre_National_de_France
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:German
gptkbp:notableWork Music Director of the New York Philharmonic
Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Kapellmeister of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:conductor
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Leipzig
gptkb:New_York_City
gptkb:Paris
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Brigitte_Stütze
gptkb:Tomoko_Sakurai
Margit Masur
gptkbp:title gptkb:conductor
Kapellmeister
Principal Conductor
gptkbp:yearsActive 1948-2015
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:EMI_Classics
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5