Anton Emil Kuerti, OC (born July 21, 1938) is an Austrian-born Canadian[1] pianist, music teacher, composer, and conductor. He has developed international recognition as a solo pianist.[2]
Kuerti was born in Vienna, Austria. As a child, he immigrated to the United States and studied piano under Edward Goldman in Boston.[2] Kuerti performed the Grieg Piano Concerto with the Boston Pops Orchestra at age eleven. Kuerti studied music at the Longy School of Music, at the Cleveland Institute of Music where he earned a Bachelor of Music degree,[3] and at the Curtis Institute. His teachers included Arthur Loesser, Rudolf Serkin and Mieczysław Horszowski. He also studied at the age of 16 at The Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, with Henry Cowell; he later wrote an article, "Henry Cowell: Enfant Terrible of American Music", for the fall 1995 issue of Queen's Quarterly.
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