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opera singer (1834-1906)
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2017-08-08 15:55:40
Stephen Cera has sent us a touching account of Toronto’s homage to the irrepressible Anton Kuerti: Anton Kuerti has been an adopted musical treasure in Canada since moving here from Cleveland in 1965 to protest the Vietnam War. He had studied with Rudolf Serkin and Mieczylaw Horszowski at Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute and won the coveted Leventritt Award while still a student. Kuerti developed into a formidable exponent of the Austro-German classics – above all Beethoven, Schubert and Mozart. His maverick career path remained true to his distinct musical voice: deeply intellectual yet deeply communicative. Richard Goode has said that Kuerti’s playing was more reminiscent of Serkin than any other pianist, and termed his colleague ‘the most under-appreciated’ of any pianist. According to Kuerti’s website, “His anti-establishment inclinations were apparent back in 1975, when an article in Performing Arts in Canada magazine appeared under the headline, ‘Anton […]
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