Julian Andreas Kuerti (born September 28, 1976 in
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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, Canada) is a Canadian
conductor. He is the son of pianist
Anton Kuerti
Anton Emil Kuerti, OC (born July 21, 1938) is an Austrian-born Canadian pianist, music teacher, composer, and conductor. He has developed international recognition as a solo pianist.[University of Toronto
The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...]
, and graduated with an honours degree. He later began conducting studies at the University of Toronto, starting in 2000. He has also been a conducting student of Lutz Koehler, at the
Berlin University of the Arts
The Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK; also known in English as the Berlin University of the Arts), situated in Berlin, Germany, is the largest art school in Europe. It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research universiti ...
.
Kuerti served as the founding artistic director and principal conductor of the Berlin-based group ''Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop'' from 2005 to 2008. He was Assistant Conductor of the
Budapest Festival Orchestra
The Budapest Festival Orchestra ( Hungarian: ''Budapesti Fesztiválzenekar'') was formed in 1983 by Iván Fischer and Zoltán Kocsis, with musicians "drawn from the cream of Hungary's younger players", as ''The Times'' put it. Its aim was to make ...
in the 2006-2007 season. He held the same post with the
Boston Symphony Orchestra
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from 2007 to 2010.
In 2012, Kuerti became principal guest conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica Universidad de Concepción in
Chile
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, for an initial period of 2 years. In April 2013, the
Orchestre Métropolitain
The Orchestre Métropolitain (OM) is a symphony orchestra in Montréal, Québec, formed in 1981. It performs primarily in the Montreal Symphony House at Place des Arts but also at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier and Théâtre Maisonneuve. Outside the c ...
announced the appointment of Kuerti as its first-ever principal guest conductor, with an initial contract of 3 years.
In 2018, Kuerti became the music director at the
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra (KSO) was founded in 1921 and is now the third largest professional orchestra in Michigan. During the 2005–2006 concert season, the orchestra played for more than 100,000 people in more than 30 concerts. The orch ...
.
References
External links
Official Julian Kuerti websiteIMG Artists agency page on Julian KuertiDaniela Soto, "Orquesta Sinfónica UdeC celebra 60 años y presenta a su nuevo director principal". BioBioChile.cl, 13 July 2012
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Living people
1976 births
Male conductors (music)
Jewish classical musicians
Canadian people of Austrian descent
Hungarian conductors (music)
Hungarian male musicians
Jewish Canadian musicians
21st-century Canadian conductors (music)
21st-century Canadian male musicians