Kurt Masur becomes an honorary member of the Beethoven House Association

At the general meeting of the Beethoven House Association in June 2003, it was unanimously decided to appoint the conductor Kurt Masur as an honorary member. With honorary membership, the Beethoven House Association recognizes Masur's special achievements as an interpreter of Beethoven's works as well as his contributions to national and international musical life.  

Since its founding in 1889, the Beethoven House Association has repeatedly honored outstanding musical figures with honorary membership. One of the first honorary members was Johannes Brahms. More recently, Claudio Abbado, Yehudi Menuhin, György Kurtág, Isaac Stern and Anne-Sophie Mutter, among others, have been made honorary members.  

Kurt Masur personally took the certificate of honorary membership from the hands of Prof. Dr. on September 14th. Andreas Eckhardt, director of the Beethoven House.  

Afterwards, Professor Masur discussed performance issues with employees of the Beethoven House and his conducting assistants using a facsimile edition of "Eroica".