Jürgen Kesting (born 26 July 1940) is a German journalist, music critic and author.
Born in Duisburg, Kesting studied German and English culture as well as philosophy in Cologne and Vienna from 1960 to 1967.
After numerous music broadcasts – WDR, Südwestfunk, Süddeutscher Rundfunk, Bayerischer Rundfunk, SWR, RBB, DR – in 1986 he published a comprehensive study Die großen Sänger in three volumes which was considered a standard work.
For thirteen years he produced a weekly music series about great singers for the NDR; for four ARD stations (SFB, NDR, MDR, Süddeutscher Rundfunk) a 26-part episode about Maria Callas, then also 26 episodes about the pianist Vladimir Horowitz; for the third ARD programs a 13-part TV series Die großen Tenöre der Schellack-Ära.
As a freelance author he wrote and still writes for the magazines opernwelt, Fono Forum and Musik und Theater.