Jura Margulis

Jura Margulis (born June 14, 1968 in Leningrad ) is a pianist and music teacher .

biography

education

Jura Margulis studied at the Freiburg Conservatory in the class of his father, Vitaly Margulis , and completed the university studies with honors (1994). After the change in the class of Leon Fleisher at the Peabody Institute - the Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore ( USA) - he received his Artist Diploma and Postgraduate Diploma Performance (1998). Further studies took him to the Fondazione per il Pianoforte in Cadenabbia ( Italy ), where he a. a. had lessons with Murray Perahia , Alexis Weissenberg , Dmitri Baschkirow , Karl-Ulrich Schnabel and Fou T'song (1993–1994).

Concerts and awards

Margulis has given concerts in many countries around the world from an early age. As a soloist he has appeared with orchestras such as the Russian National Orchestra in the Hollywood Bowl , the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under Charles Dutoit , the Southwest Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra , the National Orchestra of Venezuela , the Prague Philharmonic and the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra. He has given concerts at numerous festivals such as the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival , the Berliner Festwochen in the Berlin Philharmonie , the Verbier Festival in Switzerland and the Beppu Argerich Music Festival in Japan . Margulis has also won more than a dozen prizes in international piano competitions , including the Busoni competition in Italy and the Guardian competition in Ireland . The European cultural foundation Pro Europa awarded him the European Prize for Young Artists . His chamber music partners include Dmitri Sitkovetsky , the soloists of the Moscow Virtuosos , members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the St. Petersburg and Moscow String Quartet. As a founding member of the Fulbright Trio, the artist has appeared regularly in the USA for over 10 years and with Martha Argerich as a duo partner in Germany , Japan and the USA.

Press - concerts

Critics characterized Margulis' keyboard art as "controlled obsession" and recognized the "unconditional authority" of his interpretations ( Fono Forum ). The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung praised his performances as both “impulsive and thoughtful” and described the pianist as a “virtuoso and designer”. The Washington Post admired his "titanic stash of pure starch" and his "effortless spontaneity." The Fort Worth Star-Telegram praised: “... the perfect Beethoven for the audience of our time; Moving poetry, imagination, originality and understanding of art permeate every sentence. ”About his piano recital in Salzburg ( Austria ), Drehpunkt Kultur wrote:“ The combination of sound fantasy and clear lines… Perfect craftsmanship is transformed into the expression of a dark drama. An exceptional performance "Die! FAZ - review a piano recital recorded live in the Hessian Radio in Frankfurt concluded by saying:" Euphoric consent ".

Sound recordings

CDs

1991: Schumann, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Moszkowsky (Aurophon, Sony)
1998: Maurice Ravel, Serge Prokofjew (SWR, HH M&M)
1999: Jura Margulis live on the Horowitz Steinway - Schubert, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Skrjabin (SWR, HH M&M, Ars Musici)
2000: Schumann, Liszt, Debussy (SWR, HH M&M)
2003: Rachmaninoff, Prokoffiew, Medtner, Stravinsky (BR, Ars Musici)
2006: Transcriptions: Bach, Gluck, Schubert, Wagner, Saint-Saëns, Caplet (BR, Oehms Classics)
2009: Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Berg (HR, Oehms Classics)

Press - CDs

Fono Forum reviewed Margulis' CD 2001 (Schumann, Liszt, Debussy) with the predicate "highly recommended" and listed it in the classical - Yearbook as one of 12 reference images in the field of piano. In 2004 his CD with Russian repertoire was included in the list of the best of the German Record Critics' list. His most recent CD includes piano transcriptions from Bach to Caplet and received the highest score in the field of "artistic quality" from Klassik-heute. Peter Cossé wrote: "... since Horowitzen's old RCA recording of the" Danse macabre "by Saint-Saens I have not encountered a recording of this truly vivid sound painting like the one here - in Jura Margulis' specially edited version!" The critic also recommended that Margulis' own transcription of the little known piece "Conte Fantastique" by André Caplet "similar to how Ravel's piano version of his" La Valse "darkening could take a place in the repertoire of young pianists." Klassik.com also gave this CD the highest score and wrote "His clear, penetrating, plaintive tone is heartbreaking and fascinated from the first to the last second", Margulis could "not be praised enough".

Teaching

Margulis gives master classes in the USA, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain , Portugal , Slovenia , Russia and Japan. He gives lectures in many places about his educational concept "The Unified Piano School - A Connection of Pedagogical and Pianistic Traditions", including at the World Piano Pedagogy Conference in the USA and at the International Summer Academy Mozarteum Salzburg (Austria). Since 1999 he has held a professorship for piano at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville (USA) and since 2008 has been the founder of the Emily J. McAllister endowed professorship there .

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personal data
SURNAME	Margulis, Jura
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian pianist and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	June 14, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH	Leningrad