Kurt Masur was a German conductor. Called "one of the last old-style maestros", he directed many of the principal orchestras of his era. He had a long career as the Kapellmeister of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, and also served as music director of the New York Philharmonic.

Kurt Masur war ein deutscher Dirigent. Er war von 1958 bis 1960 Musikalischer Oberleiter der Mecklenburgischen Staatskapelle Schwerin, 1960 bis 1964 Generalmusikdirektor der Komischen Oper Berlin