Bestor, in conjunction with Utah composer Sam Cardon, released a CD, Innovators, in 1995, and a sequel in 2001. His Christmas concerts have become an annual Utah tradition since 1988. Kurt Bestor has released over a dozen CDs including several Christmas CDs. His grandfather played trumpet in Tommy Dorsey's band and his great uncle played trombone in Jack Benny's band. He was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, and raised in Orem, Utah. Read Full Bio Kurt Bestor is an American composer, arranger, and performer. Heather Beers is a Salt Lake City-based freelance writer andĬo-owner of Momentum Communications advertising and public relations.Kurt Bestor is an American composer, arranger, and performer. Good, then we'll expect the sequel to that untitled album in It never really feels like I'm working, anyway," I plan onīeing very productive the rest of my life-there is no retirement in my "As of today, I figure I've lived half my life. Steamroller's Fresh Air Christmas with sweeping album sales.ĭespite the success, at 45, Bestor says he's far from done. It swung wide open afterġ987's A Kurt Bestor Christmas bravely countered Mannheim Lex de Azevedo's Embryo Music took a chance on his first album, "Nobody wants instrumental music." It wasn't until after His first demo reel was rejected he was told While it's been a prolific, profitable journey for Bestor, it And his fifteenth annual ChristmasĬoncert, this month at Abravanel Hall, is a sell-out tradition for local His work with Sam Cardon,Ĭo-composing for ABC's daily coverage of the 1988 Olympic Winter Has brought tears of hope at 9/11 ceremonies, Columbine High School memorials and other commemorations worldwide. His song, "Prayer of the Children," for example, His fans would say the world is a better place for his rose-scentedĬompositions. Still taking care of the bills, I'm definitely stopping to I'm done with my life, I'll be dissatisfied. "But I'veįinally realized that if all I have is a stack of paid bills when Mozart to write," he says, only half-jokingly. When I could find a wealthy like King Leopold who paid for The world sang, into music," says Bestor.īestor says curiosity turned to necessity when he decided to try High, that passion morphed into a curiosity about how to translate what Sounds to me are musical, whether it'sīusy traffic in New York or a serene beach in California. "I've always had a passion for music, ever Putting a musical voice to things is something Bestor has done I just decided to put a musical voice to all of Some of those landmarks are happy, some are prettyĭevastating things. And how does one go about composing one's "This next album, it'll be untitled, an autobiographicalĪlbum," says Bestor. (Bestor confesses he doesn't keep track), he's ready toĬompose the most personal of all his works: the score to his life. He's composed more than 30 film scores and recorded 18 or 19 CDs That's what internationally renowned composer and performer Out, expose style? Sound daunting? Now try putting it to music. Work backward? Should you skip over the ugly spots, or let it all hang Somewhere with your childhood, or would you start with last week and Retrieved from Įver thought about writing your autobiography? Would you begin
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