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MSO names Ken-David Masur - new music director / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Ken-David Masur, 41, is the Milwaukee Symphony's next music director. He will shepherd the orchestra artistically as it prepares to move into its new concert hall in the fall of 2020. Jonathan Kirn, Milwaukee Symphony. In naming Ken-David Masur its next music director, the Milwaukee Symphony has selected a conductor with worldwide experience, steeped in Germanic tradition, recognized for his collaborative approach and in love with choral music. 

But wait, there's more: Masur appreciates the challenge and opportunity waiting for a music director leading a symphony orchestra through the opening of a new concert hall. As a boy, he watched his father, the famed conductor Kurt Masur, open the new Gewandhaus concert hall in Leipzig. Masur will begin full time duties as music director with the 2019-'20 season, when he will conduct eight weeks of programs. In the 2020-'21 season, he will conduct 13 weeks of programs.   (Photo: Jonathan Kirn, Milwaukee Symphony)

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