Everything about Erich Kunzel totally explained
Erich Kunzel, Jr. (b.
March 21 1935,
New York City) is an American conductor.
A
timpanist and music arranger at his high school in
Greenwich, Connecticut, he received his first music degree from
Dartmouth College. He also studied at
Harvard and
Brown University. From 1960 to
1965 he conducted the Rhode Island Philharmonic. From 1965 to
1977 he was associate conductor of the
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
His popular recordings of
classical music on the
Telarc label have mostly been made as director of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra since 1977. During this time he was leader of the 8 o'clock popular concert series. He also made groundbreaking jazz recordings with
Dave Brubeck and
Duke Ellington. Kunzel also conducts the
National Symphony Orchestra in televised concerts every
Memorial Day and every
Fourth of July.
When the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra board of trustees created The
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra in 1977, Kunzel was named conductor.
Since then Erich Kunzel's efforts have made the "Pops" into an internationally known ensemble with half a dozen best-selling recordings a year and almost weekly subscription concerts. Once a major contender to succeed Arthur Fiedler at the
Boston Pops, his popular recordings of classical music, Broadway musicals, movie scores, etc., have topped worldwide crossover charts more than any other conductor or orchestra in the world. The Cincinnati Pops are particularly popular in Asia, where they've toured several times over the years.
Kunzel and the CPO made history by becoming the first American pops orchestra to perform in China in October, 2005. In 2006, Kunzel was awarded the
National Medal of Arts.
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