Julian Andreas Kuerti (born September 28, 1976 in

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, Canada) is a Canadian

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. He is the son of pianist Anton Kuerti and cellist Kristine Bogyo. Kuerti read engineering and physics at the

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, 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

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. 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

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in the 2006-2007 season. He held the same post with the

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from 2007 to 2010. In 2012, Kuerti became principal guest conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica Universidad de Concepción in

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, for an initial period of 2 years. In April 2013, the

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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.

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External links

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IMG Artists agency page on Julian Kuerti

Daniela Soto, "Orquesta Sinfónica UdeC celebra 60 años y presenta a su nuevo director principal". BioBioChile.cl, 13 July 2012
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kuerti, Julian Living people 1976 births Hungarian male conductors (music) Jewish classical musicians Canadian people of Austrian descent Jewish Canadian musicians 21st-century Canadian conductors (music) 21st-century Canadian male musicians Berlin University of the Arts alumni