Masur, Kurt (1927- )

German conductor. He was music director of the New York Philharmonic in 1991-2002. His speciality is a Romantic and early 20th-century repertoire, particularly Mendelssohn, Liszt, Bruch, and Prokofiev.

He was conductor of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra 1955-58 and 1967-72, music director of the Mecklenburg State Theatre 1958-60, and music director of the Comic Opera in Berlin 1960-64. He made his London debut in 1973 with the New Philharmonia. He was prominent in the political campaigning that took place prior to German unification.