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Kurt Masur: Norman Lebrecht in conversation with the conductor Kurt Masur, who celebrates his 80th birthday this Wednesday.

Norman Lebrecht in conversation with the conductor Kurt Masur, who celebrates his 80th birthday this Wednesday.

In an in-depth interview, Masur talks about his 26 years as director of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in former East Germany and the impact of the fall of the Berlin Wall, his stormy 11 years at the New York Philharmonic and his current role in Paris as conductor of the French National Orchestra.

45 minutes

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Mon 16 Jul 2007 21:45

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