Kurt Muroki:
CLASS OF 1990
Baldwin High SchoolClass of 1990
Wailuku, HI
Juilliard School - MusicClass of 1996
New york, NY
Kurt's Story
Life
Kurt Muroki, a native of Maui, Hawaii, began his musical studies on the violin at the age of six and subsequently performed concerti with the Honolulu Symphony and the Maui Symphony. Mr. Muroki went on to study the Double bass at the age of 13 and entered the Juilliard School of Music at 17 studying with his teacher / mentor Homer R. Mensch. At the age of 21 Kurt began performing with the internationally renowned Sejong Soloists under ICM Management. Kurt has performed with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Jupiter Chamber Players, Concertante, Speculum Musicae, Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble Sospeso, Sequitur, Brooklyn Philharmonic, American Composers Orchestra, Saito Kinen Festival Orchestra, Tokyo Opera Nomori, American Symphony Orchestra, New York City Ballet, EOS Orchestra, Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Long Island Philharmonic, Marlboro Music Festival, Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival, 92nd St. Y, Metropolitan Museum Ar...Expand for more
tists, The American Chamber Ensemble, and Bargemusic to name a few. Kurt is also active playing movies, commercials, popular, and classical recordings with past titles including "Hitch", "The Departed", "The Manchurian Candidate", ÂRoger Daltrey Sings Pete TownshendÂ, "Halcyon Days" - Bruce Hornsby. Mr. Muroki has won numerous competitions including 1st prize in the Aspen Music Festival double bass competition, the first bassist to win the New World Symphony concerto competition, and the Honolulu Symphony Young Artists competition. He has collaborated with members of the Guarneri, Juilliard, Tokyo, Orion quartets, Ensemble Wein-Berlin, Jaime Laredo, Lynn Harrell, Robert McDuffy, Andre Watts, Peter Schickele, John Zorn, and Brian Ferneyhough among others, and has performed concerto tours throughout Asia and the United States. Mr. Muroki is currently the double bass teacher at the Bowdoin International Music Festival and Associate Professor at the Juilliard School of Music in New York.
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