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Kurt Masur

Kurt Masur

German Musician

Born: Jul 18, 1927

Died: Dec 19, 2015

Always Conductor Me People You Young

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Even my family laughed at me because they thought this young guy who's always stuttering in front of other people should be in front of 100 musicians and talk to them and leading them. Kurt Masur

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What I never overcame is a kind of shyness. Kurt Masur

Kind Never Overcame Shyness

As I came to New York, it was for me a new beginning. To discover what people are living here. What do they need, what do they expect, what would they like to be the image and the performance of the New York Philharmonic? Kurt Masur

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Young conductors who are confident enough, they very often have success. Kurt Masur

Success Young Enough Very Conductors Confident Often Who

You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character. Kurt Masur

Character You Change Mind Every Because Orchestra Different Your

In South America, I heard the 8th Symphony of Beethoven. And the young conductor thought, Beethoven must be heroic. But this is piece which shouldn't be heroic. And this was such a misunderstanding, such a deep misunderstanding. Kurt Masur

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I wouldn't say I've changed my mind. I changed some of my natural habits, some of my natural character. Kurt Masur

Character Natural Mind Changed Say Some Habits

I worked on scores. I went to the musical library in Berlin which is very famous. I discovered that we had scores of Beethoven, printed scores of Beethoven, that are full of mistakes. Not the wrong or false notes, but the wrong dynamic, understandable things. Kurt Masur

I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor. Kurt Masur

Together Enough Always Conductor Orchestra Play Bring Imagined

And to understand this, I think this is a most important point where I would like always to be understood what we do with the New York Philharmonic. That the meaning of the music is number one. Kurt Masur

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And I always tried to be not a star. To be someone who people like to talk to. Kurt Masur

People Tried Someone Like Talk Always Who Star

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