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IZVAJALCI / PERFORMERS<br />
Od leta 1992 je članica orkestra Slovenske<br />
filharmonije, najprej kot tolkalista, od leta<br />
2007 pa tudi kot timpanistka.<br />
Barbara Kresnik started with piano lessons<br />
at the age of seven. When she was ten years<br />
old she continued her musical practice<br />
with switching to playing percussions. She<br />
studied under Professor Boris Šurbek at the<br />
Academy of Music in Ljubljana, where she<br />
acquired her diploma in 1995. She continued<br />
her studies at the Versailles Music<br />
Conservatory with Professor Sylvio Gauda<br />
where she concluded her studies with a<br />
special reward of the composer Jean Aubin<br />
for best musical interpretation and the<br />
evaluation “La Medaille d’Or al unanimite”.<br />
Already as a student Barbara Kresnik took<br />
part at classes of important percussionist<br />
teachers and performers like Keiko Abe,<br />
Evelyn Glennie, Igor Lešnik, Jean Geoffroy<br />
… She collaborated with the Slovene<br />
Philharmonics, the Symphony Orchestra<br />
of RTV Slovenia, the Ljubljana Opera and<br />
Ballet Orchestra, numerous chamber ensembles<br />
and as soloist with the Slovene Philharmonics.<br />
She pursued a teaching career<br />
as a Professor at gymnasiums in Celje and<br />
Koper. Together with harpist Nicoletta Sanzin<br />
she performed in Slovenia and Italy and<br />
became one of the founding members of the<br />
group StoP (Slovene Percussions Project) in<br />
1999, where she acts as soloist, lecturer and<br />
teacher. As percussionist she is member of<br />
the Slovene Philharmonics since 1992 and<br />
since 2007 also as timpanist.<br />
Michael Kugel se je rodil v Ukrajini. Sprva<br />
je v domačem Harkovu študiral violino,<br />
nato pa se je na Državnem konservatoriju<br />
Rimski-Korsakova v Sankt Peterburgu<br />
posvetil študiju viole. Leta 1975 je osvojil<br />
prvo nagrado na mednarodnem tekmovanju<br />
violistov v Budimpešti. V času<br />
Sovjetske zveze je deloval kot solist moskovske<br />
filharmonične organizacije Mosconcert,<br />
kot violist v Beethovnovem državnem<br />
godalnem kvartetu in asistent na<br />
moskovskem konservatoriju Čajkovskega.<br />
Od leta 1990 do 1996 je bil profesor na<br />
Jeruzalemski akademiji za glasbo in ples,<br />
leta 1996 pa se je nastanil v Belgiji, kjer je<br />
danes profesor na Kraljevem Konservatoriju<br />
v Gentu, kot profesor pa deluje tudi na<br />
Kraljevem konservatoriju v Maastrichtu.<br />
Kot solist je nastopal s celo vrsto najvidnejših<br />
orkestrov ter v najpomembnejših<br />
koncertnih dvoranah sveta. Sodeluje na<br />
festivalih in poučuje na mojstrskih tečajih<br />
širom Evrope, Amerike, Azije in Daljnega<br />
Vzhoda. Repertoar violistov je obogatil s<br />
številnimi transkripcijami pa tudi s svojimi<br />
skladbami, med katerimi je ob sonatah,<br />
duetih, suitah in preludijih tudi Koncert za<br />
violo in orkester. Je član žirij mednarodnih<br />
tekmovanj v Veliki Britaniji, Nemčiji, Italiji,<br />
Avstriji, Izraelu, Belgiji, ZDA in na Nizozemskem.<br />
Njegova diskografija obsega<br />
20 zgoščenk, na nekaterih izmed njih se<br />
predstavlja tudi z violo d’amore ter kot dirigent.<br />
Je avtor dveh knjig: Šostakovičeva<br />
sonata in Bartókov koncert za violo – zgodovina<br />
nekega obdobja ter Mojstrovine<br />
instrumentalne glasbe.<br />
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Michael Kugel<br />
Michael Kugel was born in the USSR. He<br />
studied violin at the Beethoven School of<br />
Music and at the Music College in Kharkov,<br />
later he studied viola, composition and conducting<br />
at the St. Petersburg State Rimsky-<br />
Korsakov Conservatory. In 1975 he won First<br />
Prize at the International Viola Competition