Michael Kugel

Michael Kugel (; born December 5, 1946) is a Ukrainian viola player and composer.

Education Born in Kharkiv, USSR, he attended various post-secondary music programs.

Career From 1975 to 1996, Michael Kugel was an academic and musician.

Kugel has been a jury member for competitions including: V Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition, Workshop and World Viola Congress, 1994 First International Viola Competition in Vienna, 1998 Primrose Memorial Viola Competition, 1999 IX Lionel Tertis International Viola competition and Workshop, 2006

Awards The 1975 International Viola Competition joint winners were Zoltan Toth and Kugel.

Books

The history of an era. An interpretation of two works for viola (2002, )

Selected compositions

Kugel's compositions are published by Alain Van Kerckhoven Editeur. Il Carnevale di Venezia for Viola and Piano (2001) Classical Preludes for Viola and Piano (1999) Sonata-Poem for Viola Solo (1987) Suite in Memoriam Shostakovich for Viola and Piano (1988)

Discography He made them in the former Soviet Union but most of those records are unavailable.

His recent recordings include: In Memoriam Shostakovich. Michael Kugel (viola), Vesna Podrug (piano), 1998, The recorded viola. Volume IV. Pearl GEMS 0039, PhonCD R2448 reva v.4, 1998 Mark Kopytman, Beyond all this... The Israel Camerata, Avner Biron (conductor), Michael Kugel (viola), 1999, IMI-CD-1929-03 Glinka, Paganini, Bizet, Waxman. Michael Kugel (viola) Asir Rozenberg (piano), 1999 The greatest Russian violists (MELODIA)-2009. Michael Kugel - Boris Berezovsky (MELODIA - 2014)