 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Muna 1991, Masur akava mutungamiriri wemimhanzi weNew York Philharmonic NYP. Akanga ari chisarudzo chisingakarirwi chakaunza chinjo yaidikanwa kuorchestra iyoyo. Kugadzwa kwaMasur kwakanga kuri chiratidzo chakajeka chokuti yakanga yava nguva yokuti orchestra itange patsva. Aimbova concertmaster Glenn Dicterow akati muna 2012 Zvinotora hunhu hukuru kubatanidza vatambi 105 pachikuva kuti munhu wese afemerwe sezvaari uye, uh, ibasa rakaoma,.. Uye iye anongoda zvikuru uye ane simba zvokuti ndinofunga kuti iye akawana, kupfurikidza bedzi nokunyanyisa kwake kwohunhu hwake, ndinofunga kuti kwakatiita kuti tishanduke vazhinji vedu. Masur akatungamirira Philharmonic mukuita kwaBrahms Ein deutsches Requiem mushure mekurwiswa kwegandanga musi wa11 Gunyana 2001. Munguva yake, paive nemishumo yekukakavadzana pakati paMasur neMutungamiriri weNYP panguva iyoyo, Deborah Borda, izvo zvakazopedzisira zvaita kuti chibvumirano chake chisimbiswe kupfuura 2002. Muhurukuro yeterevhizheni naCharlie Rose, Masur akataura kuti maererano nekusiya kwake NYP, yakanga isiri chishuwo changu. Masur akasiya basa semutungamiriri wemimhanzi weNYP muna 2002 uye akatumidzwa zita rake reMusic Director Emeritus, zita idzva rakagadzirirwa iye. Kubvumirana kwacho kwakanga kuri kwokuti Masur akavandudza kuridza kweorchestra munguva yake. 