When Maestro Julian Kuerti and Yo-Yo Ma walked onto the stage at Miller Auditorium arm in arm, it was obvious there was a longtime connection there.
Kuerti was a toddler when he first met the renowned cellist. Yo-Yo Ma knew Julian’s father, pianist Anton Kuerti. Including the most recent performance in Kalamazoo, Maestro Kuerti and Yo-Yo Ma have shared the stage four times.
The sold-out June 2 event — 3,200 tickets were snapped up — was a triumph for the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra musically and from a sense of community standpoint, as those who appreciate such music received a demonstration of just how artistically rich Kalamazoo is…