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He began by recording piano and chamber-music pieces for Columbia Records that won him a guest conductorship with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2019

Mr. Masur’s other posts include the principal conductorship of the London Philharmonic, a position he held from 2000 to 2007, and the music directorship of the Orchestre National de France from 2002 to 2008.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2015

Listening to that recording makes you stop wondering how Mariss Jansons could have forgone his conductorship with the Concertgebouw Amsterdam in favor of focusing solely on his Munichers.

From Forbes • Dec. 23, 2014

His health has been problematic for some years, and he has just announced that he will be giving up his chief conductorship next year.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2014

For three days he held a conductorship on a Broadway surface car.

From Nonsense Novels by Leacock, Stephen