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Michael Kugel ((ロシア語:Михаил Бенедиктович Кугель); born December 5, 1946) is a Russian viola player and composer. ==Biography== Born in Kharkov, USSR, he studied at the Beethoven School of Music, at the Music College in Kharkov and later at the Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) Conservatory. In 1975 he won First Prize (joint with Zoltan Toth) at the International Viola Competition in Budapest.〔"Playing the Soviet carrier", Tully Potter, The Strad, June 1995〕 During years 1975-1990 Michael Kugel was the soloist of the Moscow Philharmonic Organisation, violist of the Beethoven Quartet and professor at the Moscow 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 Conservatory (Belgium) and at the Conservatorium Maastricht in the Netherlands. Michael Kugel appeared as a soloist with many major symphony orchestras in the world and also appeared as a conductor with many orchestras. He has taken part in Festivals in Schleswig-Holstein, Lockenhause, Lille, Rolandseck, Passau, Jerusalem, Rizor, Orebro, Krems, Divonn, Menton, Mürzzuschlag, Venezia, Festival van Vlaanderen, Dubrovnik, Cincinnati, etc. Michael Kugel was a member of jury for International competitions in England, Austria, Israel, USA, Croatia, Belgium, Germany and CIS: *V Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition, Workshop and World Viola Congress, 1994 *First International Viola Competition in Vienna,1998 〔(First International viola competition in Vienna, 1998 )〕 *Primrose Memorial Viola Competition, 1999 〔(Primrose Memorial Viola Competition, 1999 )〕 *IX Lionel Tertis International Viola competition and Workshop, 2006 〔(IX Lionel Tertis International Viola competition and Workshop, 2006 )〕 *etc. Michael Kugel has given masterclass in Germany, England, Italy, Sweden, Austria, Finland, Mexico, Israel, France, Belgium, Croatia, CIS, Holland, Canada etc. 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. He has recorded about 20 discs and also made numerous records as a viola d'amore player as well. He is the author of two books : *Viola sonata by Shostakovich and The viola Concerto by Bartók - The history of an era and the Masterpieces of the instrumental music. *Masterpieces of the Instrumental Music Michael Kugel is the founder and the President of the Belgian Viola Society. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Kugel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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