Music like Kurt Bestor

Kurt Bestor (born 1958) is an American keyboardist and composer specializing in New Age, film scores, and jazz. He is known for his synthesizer-based Christmas music similar to Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, some of which were featured on the Weather Channel during the holiday season in the 1980s and '90s. His well known songs are "Prayer of the Children", "Mama don't you weep". He is also known for composing music for the 1993 movie Rigoletto, and for writing music for the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic games and for various official LDS Church videos.

A longtime Utah resident, Bestor plays concerts in the Salt Lake City area and with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

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Childhood years

Kurt Bestor was born in 1958 in Waukesha, Wisconsin.