Classical Encounters presents Four Virtuosi Solois; program includes Franz Schubert – six piano pieces and Sergei Rachmaninoff – eight Preludes from Opus 23 & Opus 32
Internationally recognized pianist Jura Margulis has won praise for the “absolute authority” of his interpretations and the sense of “controlled obsession” he transmits at the keyboard (Fono Forum).
Margulis’ orchestral appearances include performances with the Russian National Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under Charles Dutoit, the Südwestrundfunk Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Venezuela, the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Prague Symphony Orchestra. He has played in numerous festivals, including the Schleswig Holstein Musik Festival, the Berliner Festwochen at Berlin Philharmonic Hall, the Verbier, the BSI, and the Sommets du Classique Festivals in Switzerland, the Argerich-Beppu Music Festival in Japan, and the Salzburger Festspiele in Austria.
He has won prizes in more than a dozen international competitions, including Busoni in Italy and Guardian in Ireland. He is also a recipient of the esteemed Pro Europa prize awarded by the European Foundation for Culture.
Active as a chamber musician, Margulis has performed recitals with, among others, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Lilya Zilberstein, Alissa Margulis, the soloists of the Moscow Virtuosi, members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the Moscow String Quartet.
Margulis is a third generation pianist and teacher, and piano pedagogy is an integral part of his artistic vision. His yearly master classes in the US and abroad, including courses in Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Slovenia, Austria, Russia, and Japan, center around this concept: The Unified Piano School, A synthesis of piano pedagogy and performance traditions, which bridges the Russian School’s concentration on sound, imagination, and physical technique, and the German School’s focus on structure, rhythmic coherence, and style.
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Jura was raised in Germany, where he studied with his father, Dr. Vitaly Margulis, at the Musikhochschule Freiburg. He was also a student at the prestigious Fondazione per il Pianoforte in Cadenabbia at Lake Como in Italy. He moved to the United States to study with Leon Fleisher at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, and made the US his home. Margulis is the inaugural holder of the Emily J. McAllister Endowed Professorship in Piano at the J.W. Fulbright College of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
Wine and Light Bites will be provided at the conclusion of the concert
For more information on the concert, which will take place at 19365 Lemmer Drive in Tarzana, and tickets ($40): http://Âwww.ÂclassiÂcalencounters.Âorg/Â
