Michael Kugel was born in the USSR. He studied violin at the Beethoven School of Music and at the Music College in Kharkov, later he studied viola, composition and conducting at the Leningrad (St-Petersburg) Conservatory.
In 1975 he won First Prize ahhead of Yuuri Bashmet at the International Viola Competition in Budapest. In the USSR he was the soloist of the Moscow Philharmonic Organisation Mosconcert, violist of the Beethoven State Quartet and professor at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. From 1990 till 1996 Michael Kugel was a professor at the Jerusalem Rubin Academy of Music and Dance.
In 1996 he settled in Belgium and now he is a professor at the Ghent Royal Conservatory (Belgium) and at the Maastricht Royal Conservatory (Holland). Michael Kugel appeared as a soloist with many major symphony orchestras in thye world and also appeared as a conductor with many orchestras.
He has taken part in Festivals in Schlezwig-Holstein, Lockenhause, Lille, Rolandseck, Passau, Jerusalem, Rizor, Orebro, Krems, Divonn, Menton, Mürzzuschlag, Venezia, Festival van Vlaanderen, Dubrovnik, Cincinnati etc. and was a member of jury for International competitions in England, Austria, Israel, USA, Croatia, Belgium ans CIS. He has recorded about 20 discs and also made numerous records as a viola d'amore player as well.
Michael Kugel has enriched the viola repertoire with many transcriptions and with his own compositions : Sonata-Poem for viola solo, Concerto for viola and orchestra, Suite in memoriam Shostakovich for viola and piano, sonatas etc. His compositions also include a piano sonata, chamber symphony and chamber music among others.
Michael Kugel has given masterclasss in Germany, England, Italy, Sweden, Austria, Finland, Mexico, Israel, France, Belgium, Croatia, CIS, Holland, Canada etc. He is the author of two the two books : Viola sonata by Shostakovich and The viola Concerto by Bartók - The history of an era and the Masterpieces of the instrumental music.
Michael Kugel is the founder and the President of th Belgian Viola Society.
A study of two major viola works : Shostakovitch's Sonata and Bartók's Concerto by one of the most famous contemporary viola-player.
Il Carnevale di Venezia [ vla pf ] (2002) KUGEL, Michael
avk157 score 32+12 pages
29.8 € VAT incl.
Suite in Memoriam Shostakovich [ vla pf ] (1999) KUGEL, Michael
avk111 score 42+12 pages
29.8 € VAT incl.
Written under the influence of Dmitri Shostakovich's works without quotations.
The Last Rose of Summer - Sonata-Poem [ vla pf ] (1998) KUGEL, Michael
avk101 score 15 pages
11.3 € VAT incl.
One same album for two virtuose pieces : an iconic arrangement of the famous piece by Ernst, and a tragical and autobiographical original work by the great viola-player Michael Kugel.
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