Conductor Julian Kuerti: If Music Is The Only Thing You Can Do

” ‘When I was growing up in Toronto my parents dissuaded me from music. They said don’t be a musician unless it’s the only thing you can do.’ Heeding this advice, he completed a degree in engineering science. But music was always part of his life. “I had scores to Beethoven symphonies open on top of my physics textbook, when I was supposed to be studying for my exams.”