Arved Kurtz
Arved Kurtz (born June 29, 1899 in Saint Petersburg , † March 23, 1995 in New York City , New York , USA ) was a classical violinist, conductor and music teacher .
Kurtz came from a family of musicians, his brother Edmund Kurtz was a cellist, Efrem Kurtz was a conductor. He studied with Leopold von Auer in his hometown and continued his education in Germany and Paris (among others with Marcel Chailley ). In 1927 he directed a symphony orchestra in Stuttgart and was a member of the orchestra of the Berlin State Opera for five years . In 1931 and 1933 he was concertmaster in the orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival . In the mid-1930s he traveled to Australia via the USA and became a teacher at the Elder Conservatory of the University of Adelaide , whose string quartet he led. Kurtz then moved to New York, where he was appointed Director in 1945 and President of the New York College of Music in 1952 , and in 1965 he was retired.
literature
- The Annual Directory of the Concert World, volume 5, Summy-Birchard Company, Evanston, Ill., 1961, pp. 32, 61, 196.
- Musical Leader, volume 94-95, J. French Demerath and E. French Smith, Publishers, Chicago, 1962, pp. 19, 47
- Andy Propst: You fascinate me so: the life and times of Cy Coleman , Applause Theater & Cinema Books, Milwaukee, WI, 2015, p.
Web links
- The Sydney Morning Herald, March 26, 1935: Mr. Arved Kurtz. Member of the Brilliant Family
- The Sydney Morning Herald, December 17, 1935: Arved Kurtz. Violinist's Broadcasting Tour
swell
- ↑ http://www.lexm.uni-hamburg.de/object/lexm_lexmperson_00005689?wcmsID=0003&XSL.lexmlayout.SESSION=lexmperson_all
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kurtz, Arved |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian-American violinist, conductor and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 29, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Petersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1995 |
| Place of death | New York City , New York , USA |