He currently resides in Honeoye Falls, New York, with his wife, soprano singer Pamela Kurau.
[1] Kurau is an active soloist performing with many professional orchestras and ensembles.
When his teacher Verne Reynolds, a charter member and founder of the Eastman Brass, retired in 1990, Kurau became his successor.
In 1991, he was the first soloist to perform as a recently discovered and reconstructed version of Mozart's Rondo, K. 371 for horn and orchestra.
He often commissions and premiers new works for horn, such as compositions by important composers such as Verne Reynolds, John Cheetham, and James Willey.