Kurt Muroki

About Kurt

A professor of Music at Indiana University and former Artist Member with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Kurt Muroki began his musical studies on the violin and went on to study the Double bass at The Juilliard School of Music.

Muroki has performed with The Jupiter Chamber Players, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, New York City Ballet, 92nd St. Y, and Bargemusic. Festivals include Marlboro Music Festival (where he still regularly performs), Festival L'Autonne at IRCAM, and Aspen Music Festival, to name a few.

Muroki is also active playing movies, commercials, and popular and classical recordings with titles including the Oscar-winning film "The Departed," "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close," "Julie and Julia," and "Moonrise Kingdom." Muroki has collaborated with artists such as The Who, Sting, Peter Gabriel, and Itzhak Perlman. He has also collaborated with the Guarneri, Juilliard, and Tokyo quartets among others, and has performed concerto tours throughout Asia and the United States.

Muroki held faculty positions at The Juilliard School, Stony Brook University, Jersey City University, and the McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University. Muroki is also an artistic advisor for the Schneider Concert Series in New York City and is a D'Addario Strings Artist. Kurt plays on a double bass once owned by the famous double bassist Domenico Dragonetti and attributed to Nicolo Amati circa 1665.