Welcome to Jura Margulis' official website, internet home and portal of the Russian born, German raised and internationally acclaimed concert pianist, recording artist, master teacher, and author.
450 Pianistic, pedagogical, methodical, artistic, and cultural contemplations, concepts, obsercations, and concerns, from pianist to pianist, pedagogue to pedagogue, musician to musician, and from a curious and critical observer.
AVAILABLE EARLY 2019
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In the meantime please visit my blog of thoughts, ideas, concepts, observations, suggestions, research, methodology, discoveries, rules, exceptions, aphorisms, and secrets from pianist to pianist.
AMM was introduced in 2017 and continued as a special research project of the IWF (Institut für Wissenschaft und Forschung) at the MuK Vienna University. It features a multi-year study of a methodology specially developed to analyze and train the pianist musician’s onstage performance memory. Drawing on mnemonics as well as recent cognitive, psychological, and scientific research, it introduces a completely innovative aspect: The creation and methodical development of Artificial ‘Color Synesthesia’ (or ‘Chromesthesia’, or ‘sound-color synesthesia’) chromatically applied to the primary harmonic relations of the Circle of Fifths.
"Jura Margulis's reflective approach imbues his playing with a somber palette of colours, shaping each variation with a capricious individuality of character."
International Piano
"A pianistic fire-work of outstanding quality… technical perfection and sophisticated interpretation"
Maintal Tagesanzeiger, Germany
"Titanic reserves of technique and sheer power ... effortless spontaneity"
The Washington Post, USA
Jura Margulis's reflective approach imbues his playing with a somber palette of colours, shaping each variation with a capricious individuality of character."
International Pianomuch softer
"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)."