Background
Kunzel, Erich was born on March 21, 1935 in New York City. Son of Erich and Elisabeth (Enz) Kunzel.
Kunzel, Erich was born on March 21, 1935 in New York City. Son of Erich and Elisabeth (Enz) Kunzel.
Bachelor of Arts with distinction in Music, Dartmouth, 1957; postgraduate, Harvard, 1957-1958; A.M., Brown U., 1960; Doctor of Letters, Northern Kentucky State University.
Conductor, Sante Fe Opera, 1957, 64, 65; music faculty, Brown U., 1958-1965; assistant conductor, Rhode Island Philharmonic, 1963-1965; resident conductor, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, 1965-1977; conductor, Cincinnati Summer Opera, 1966, 73; conductor, Cincinnati Ballet Company, 1966-1968; associate professor, U. Cincinnati College-Consevatory Music, 1965-1971; chairman opera Department, University Cincinnati College-Consevatory Music, 1968-1970; music director, Philharmonia Orchestra, 1967-1971; music director, New Haven Symphony Orchestra, 1974-1977; music director, San Francisco Art Commission Pops, 1981-1983; conductor, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, since 1977. Guest conductor Boston Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Boston Pops, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Rochester Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Interlochen Arts Festival, Dallas Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Montreal Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, National Symphony, Canada Opera Company, others.
Vice president Pierre Monteux Memorial Foundation, Metropolitan Opera Guild. Member American Symphony Orchestra League, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Delta Omicron.
Married Brunhilde Gertrud Strodl, September 5, 1965.