Kurt Masur

Born July 18, 1927 in [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brzeg]Brzeg[/url], died December 19, 2015 in [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich,_Connecticut]Greenwich[/url], [b]CT[/b]. German conductor.
Chief conductor of the [a=Gewandhausorchester Leipzig] from 1970 to 1996, principal conductor of [a=The New York Philharmonic Orchestra] from 1991 to 2000, principal conductor of the [a=London Philharmonic Orchestra] from 2000 to 2007 and was music director at [a=Orchestre National de France] from 2002 to 2008.
Third wife was [a=Tomoko Sakurai].