Tchaikovsky - Capriccio italien, Op. 45 (Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur) | Kurt Masur Gala

From the Gewandhaus Leipzig, the Gewandhaus Orchestra (conducted by Kurt Masur) performs Tchaikovsky’s “Capriccio italien“, Op. 45. Subscribe to EuroArts: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Capriccio italien, Op. 45 Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Kurt Masur - conductor About the concert To celebrate his 80th birthday in 2007, Kurt Masur led “his” Gewandhaus Orchestra in a special gala concert. For his birthday concert, Masur, currently principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestre National de France, chose a varied, celebratory programme with works by composers highlighting his conducting career in the United States, France and Germany. Abounding in energy, alert as ever, Masur has been untiringly lending new impulses to the entire orchestral repertoire. From 1970 until 1996 he did so as Gewandhaus Kapellmeister of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, a position that has almost come to be identified with his name.