
Julien Kurtz
Julien Kurtz started learning piano at age five and got his initial training with Catherine Silie, a former assistant of French pianist Pierre Sancan. Later on, while pursuing his studies in Humanities and Social Sciences in “Classes préparatoires BL”, and then at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Cachan to become a teacher of Social Sciences and Economics, he kept studying piano in conservatories, first in Marseille and then in Cachan, where he got his piano degree in 2002.
He later studied with Bernard d’Ascoli in the Piano cantabile association, and occasionally took masterclasses with Mikhaël Pethukov, Dimitri Bashkirov, Rena Shereshevskaya, Denis Pascal, Mûza Rubackyté, and François-René Duchâble.
Julien has been a finalist in several international competitions for outstanding amateur pianists in Moscow, Saint-Petersburg and Boston. He performs solo recitals, chamber music concerts, and with orchestras on a regular basis, mostly in France but also in Russia, Germany, Hungary, China, South Africa, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Madagascar and Morocco.
He also worked with French musician Jean-François Zygel, assisting him in the many different aspects of his work including radio, TV, shows at Théâtre du Châtelet.
Julien co-founded the Amateurs Virtuoses International Piano Festival in 2007, which he has since then been directing.
Past events featuring this artist
- 6/21/22 - Concert, Place des Ormeaux, Valence (Valence, France)
- 6/21/22 - Piano Recital, Maison des Têtes de Valence (Valence, France)
- 6/18/22 - Concert, Bergerie de Berdine (Saint-Martin-de-Castillon, France)
- 6/6/21 - Concert, Cité de la Musique - Amphithéâtre (Paris, France)
- 6/3/21 - Masterclass, Grand Foyer, Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris, France)
- 6/1/21 - Piano Recital, Grand Foyer, Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris, France)
- 10/27/19 - Closing Concert, Steingraeber-Haus (Bayreuth, Germany)
- 10/27/19 - Piano Recital, Thurnau Castle (Thurnau, Germany)
- 5/23/19 - Piano Recital, Chambre des Notaires (Paris, France)
- 5/19/19 - Chamber Music Concert, Fondation Dosne-Thiers (Institut de France) (Paris, France)
- 5/11/19 - Piano Recital, CIMEN (Shanghai, China)
- 11/18/18 - Closing Concert, City Hall (Cape Town, South Africa)
- 11/16/18 - Masterclass / Concert, Baxter Hall (Cape Town, South Africa)
- 11/15/18 - Piano Recital, Baxter Hall (Cape Town, South Africa)
- 11/14/18 - Masterclass, Baxter Hall (Cape Town, South Africa)
- 11/10/18 - Opening Concert, City Hall (Cape Town, South Africa)
- 10/13/18 - Concert, CIMEN (Shanghai, China)
- 8/15/18 - Two-Piano Concert, Plage de l'Argentière (La Londe-les-Maures, France)
- 8/1/18 - One and Two-Piano Concert, Gîte du Col de la Chaudière (La Chaudière, France)
- 6/3/18 - Concert, Fondation Dosne-Thiers (Institut de France) (Paris, France)
- 6/3/18 - Masterclass, Fondation Dosne-Thiers (Institut de France) (Paris, France)
- 6/2/18 - Concert, Fondation Dosne-Thiers (Institut de France) (Paris, France)
- 6/2/18 - Masterclass, Fondation Dosne-Thiers (Institut de France) (Paris, France)
- 11/25/17 - Concerto Night featuring the orchestra from the Shanghai Conservatory, CIMEN (Shanghai, China)
- 10/22/17 - Two-Piano Concert, Steingraeber-Haus (Bayreuth, Germany)
- 6/25/17 - Two-Piano Concert, Fondation Dosne-Thiers (Institut de France) (Paris, France)
- 6/22/17 - Masterclass, Chambre des Notaires (Paris, France)
- 3/10/17 - One and Two-Piano Concert, Théâtre de Fontainebleau (Fontainebleau, France)
- 2/26/17 - Two-Piano Concert, Le Regard du Cygne (Paris, France)
- 7/10/16 - Concert, Capella (St. Petersburg, Russia)
- 7/10/16 - Concert, Capella (St. Petersburg, Russia)
- 7/10/16 - Concert, Capella (St. Petersburg, Russia)
- 7/2/16 - Concert, Reid Hall (Paris, France)
- 6/26/16 - Masterclass, Reid Hall (Paris, France)
- 12/6/15 - One and Two-Piano Concert, Théâtre de Fontainebleau (Fontainebleau, France)
- 6/3/15 - Masterclass, Grand Foyer, Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris, France)
- 5/31/15 - Two-Piano Concert, Grand Foyer, Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris, France)
- 3/29/15 - Concert, Villa de France Hotel (Tangier, Morocco)
- 6/8/14 - Closing Concert, Main Hall, Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris, France)
- 6/7/14 - Concert, Grand Foyer, Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris, France)
- 6/5/14 - Masterclass, Grand Foyer, Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris, France)
- 6/3/14 - Two-Piano Concert, Grand Foyer, Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris, France)
- 5/15/14 - Two-Piano Concert, La Ferme des Jeux (Vaux-le-Pénil, France)
- 9/22/13 - Concert, Usina del Arte (La Boca, Argentina)
- 9/19/13 - Concert, Fundación Beethoven (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- 9/18/13 - Concert, Fundación Beethoven (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- 6/13/13 - Chamber Music Concert, "La Charité" Cultural Center (Carpentras, France)
- 6/10/13 - Closing Concert, Main Hall, Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris, France)
- 6/9/13 - Concert, Grand Foyer, Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris, France)
- 7/9/12 - Concert, Sheremetev Palace (St. Petersburg, Russia)
- 7/8/12 - Concert, Sheremetev Palace (St. Petersburg, Russia)
- 6/8/12 - Concert, Grand Foyer, Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris, France)
- 6/6/12 - Opening Concert, Main Hall, Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris, France)
- 10/31/11 - Concert, French Institute (Budapest, Hungary)
- 6/2/11 - Masterclass, Grand Foyer, Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris, France)
- 6/1/11 - Concert, Grand Foyer, Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris, France)
- 9/24/10 - Concert, Yamaha Music Square (Shanghai, China)
- 7/5/10 - Concert, Conservatoire de Nice (Nice, France)
- 7/3/10 - Two-Piano Concert, Conservatoire de Nice (Nice, France)
- 8/29/09 - Two-Piano Concert, Fort Copacabana (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- 8/27/09 - Concert, Fort Copacabana (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- 7/2/09 - Concert, Conservatoire de Nice (Nice, France)
- 7/1/09 - Concert, Conservatoire de Nice (Nice, France)
- 6/30/09 - Two-Piano Concert, Conservatoire de Nice (Nice, France)
- 7/2/08 - Two-Piano Concert, Maison de la Radio (Paris, France)
- 7/1/08 - Concert, Maison de la Radio (Paris, France)