Kurt Masur

Born: 18th July 1927 Brieg, Lower Silesia, Germany (now Brzeg in Poland).
Died: 19th December 2015 Greenwich, Connecticut, USA.
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 [a=The 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].