Presented by HVMS
Hidden Valley Music Seminars
104 W. Carmel Valley Road
Carmel Valley, CA 93924
Pianist Jura Margulis returns Wednesday, May 24 at 7:30 p.m.for his eighth performance at Hidden Valley to present a rich and powerful program featuring the works of Domenico Scarlatti, Alexander Scriabin, and Johannes Brahms.
Mr. Margulis is internationally recognized for his consummate virtuosity and compellingly communicative and emotional performances.
An active performer around the world stage, Mr. 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 Memphis Symphony 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. Margulis 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.
Margulis is the artistic director of the Fulbright Concerto Competition, an international contest for pianists in the US, and the executive director of the "International Piano Academy Freiburg", a summer master class and piano festival in Germany. Since 2008 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.
Admission is $25. Tickets are available online or by calling (831) 659-3115.