Kurt Masur, Music Director Emeritus of the New York Philharmonic and former Kappellmeister of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, has died at his home in Greenwich, CT.  The German native was 88-years old.

Notable obituaries:

• Margalit Fox for The New York Times
• Anastasia Tsioulcas for National Public Radio

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Photo courtesy of Radio France / Christophe Abramowitz