Eric KutzVioloncello
Eric Kutz
Hometown:
Grand Forks, ND
Year you joined the Grant Park Music Festival
1998
Where did you study?
The Juilliard School and Rice University
Career highlight?
My wife and I played at Carnegie Hall as a piano/cello ensemble
Who is your all-time favorite performer?
Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich
Cubs or Sox?
Sox! I live in Hyde Park and was just at a game yesterday!
Can you share any memorable stories about your experience with the Grant Park Music Festival?
We play a lot of practical jokes in the cello section…let’s see…putting Vaseline on Steven Houser’s music stand before a concert.
