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Pianist Jura Margulis returns on Friday, June 2nd for his sixteenth performance at Hidden Valley to present a rich and powerful program. Performance start at 7:30 pm; doors open at 7:00 pm. Admission is $25.
Program
Sonata in E-major, Adante commodo - Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in F-minor, Adante moderato
Sonata in D-minor, Allegro, "Toccata"
Piano Sonata in Ab-major, Op. 11 - Ludwig van Beethoven
~~~Intermission~~~
Polonaise in F#-minor, Op. 44 "Tragique" - Chopin
Polonaise in E-major "Héroïque" - Franz Liszt
Concert Arabesques "By the Beaufitufl Blue Danube" - Johann Strauss
About Jura Margulis
Concert pianist, recording artist, master teacher, lecturer, and author Jura Margulis has been internationally recognized for his compellingly communicative and emotionally charged performances, for the range of his expressive tonal palette and his consummate transcendental virtuosity, as well as his innovative approach to specialized pedagogy, piano construction, repertoire, technology and pianistic trandition.
Born in Leningrad/St. Petersburg, UDSSR, Jura Margulis was raised in West Germany where he studied with his father, Dr. Vitaly Margulis of Kharkiv, at the Musikhochschule Freiburg. He was also a student at the prestigious Fondazione per il Pianoforte in Cadenabbia at Lake Como in Italy. In 1994, he moved to the United States to study with Leon Fleisher at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore and made the US his home. In 2008, Margulis became the inaugural holder of the Emily J. McAllister Endowed Professorship in Piano at the J.W. Fulbright College of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. In 2018, Jura Margulis returned to Europe following an appointment as full professor of piano and member of the Center of Science and Research at the Music and Art Univeristy in Vienna, Austria, where he resides. Full Bio
Praises for Jura Margulis
Reviewers have praised the "absolute authority" of his interpretations and the sense of "controlled obsession" he transmits at the keyboard (Fono Forum).
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung noted that his aesthetic is both "impulsive and contemplative."
The Los Angeles Times praised his "excellent pianism" and called him "highly musical".
The Washington Post applauded his "titanic reserves of sheer power" and his "effortless spontaneity."
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram called his performance "... the perfect Beethoven for the audience of our time ... sweeping lyricism ... imagination, originality, and good taste pervaded every phrase."
Drehpunkt Kultur, Salzburg stated: "After the performance one fleetingly thinks of the pianists that became legends, but comparisons are impermissible. Margulis is a master sui generis (of his own kind)."
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