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ANTON KUERTI Sunday, November 14 – 3:00 p.m. | Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center Anton Kuerti was born in Austria, grew up in the U.S., and has lived in Canada for most of his adult life. His teachers included Arthur Loesser, Mieczyslaw Horszowski and Rudolf Serkin. At the age of 11 he performed the Grieg Concerto with Arthur Fiedler, and, while still a student, won the Leventritt Award. He has toured throughout the world and performed with most of the major U.S. orchestras and conductors. His vast repertoire includes some 50 concertos, including one he composed himself. In Canada he has appeared in about 140 communities from coast to coast and played with every professional orchestra, including 39 concerts with the Toronto Symphony. In chamber music, he has performed with a long list of prominent chamber musicians and groups. Kuerti is an Officer of the Order of Canada and has received numerous honorary doctorates. Recent honors include the Schumann Prize of the Schumann Gesellschaft in Germany (2007), the National Arts Prize of the Banff Centre in Canada (2007), and the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, the most illustrious honor conferred upon Canada's performing artists (2008). A prolific recording artist, he has recorded the complete Beethoven sonatas (Analekta) and concertos (CBC), in addition to the works of many other composers. His newest release comprises six Haydn sonatas. Forthcoming are a CD of Schumann works for piano and orchestra and a world premiere release of works for violin and piano by Czerny. ALL BEETHOVEN
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Photo: Martin Tosoian “…suddenly we were in the unmistakable presence of greatness. He was no longer playing the piano; the music was playing him, and we rode the wave too." —Toronto Globe & Mail |
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