Vitaly Iosifovich Margulis (russian: Виталий Иосифович Маргулис; April 16, 1928 – May 29, 2011) was a

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- Russian classical pianist.

Biography

Vitaly Margulis (also known as Vitalij Margulis) was born in the city of

Kharkov Kharkiv ( uk, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest city and municipality in Ukraine.

in the

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(now Kharkiv, Ukraine). He took his first piano lessons from his father, whose teacher studied with the composer

Alexander Scriabin Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (; russian: Александр Николаевич Скрябин ; – ) was a Russian composer and virtuoso pianist. Before 1903, Scriabin was greatly influenced by the music of Frédéric Chopin and composed ...

. Margulis continued studies at the Leningrad Conservatory, where from 1958 until his emigration to the west in 1974, he taught piano. In 1975, Margulis became a full Professor at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg, Germany. In 1994, he became Professor of Piano at the

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in Los Angeles. In addition, he also gave piano master classes around the world.

References

External links

Vitaly Margulis website
Ukrainian pianists 1928 births 2011 deaths Musicians from Kharkiv Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music faculty 20th-century classical pianists Jewish classical pianists Ukrainian classical pianists Ukrainian emigrants to Germany {{Ukraine-musician-stub