Gérard Korsten (born 1960) is an Austrian musician and conductor.
Born in Pretoria, Korsten studied violin at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia with Ivan Galamian as well as in Salzburg with Sándor Végh.
[1] Engagements followed as music director at the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari (Sardinia), music director of the London Mozart Players, chief conductor in Uppsala and at the Opera house in Pretoria, and as chief conductor of the Symphony Orchestra Vorarlberg in Bregenz.
[2] Korsten is a jury member of the Internationaler Musikwettbewerb Pacem in Terris [de].
His father was South African tenor singer Gé Korsten.