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Dr. Misha Galaganov, viola, has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in Russia, China, Italy, Israel, Czech Republic, Holland, Belgium, Austria, the USA, and Mexico. He has collaborated with such musicians as Martha Katz, Paul Katz, Donald Weilerstein, Ko Iwasaki, Eduard Brunner, Orlando Quartet, Grieg Trio and many others in Europe, Asia, and the USA. His recitals have been described as “warm and expressive” (New York Concert Review), “engaging” (Dallas Morning News) and “playing with panache” (Los Angeles Times). Misha Galaganov is a member of Trio Con Brio, a unique group combining viola, clarinet (Gary Whitman), and piano (John Owings). In just the last seven year, composers from around the world have been inspired to create sixteen new compositions for the group. Trio Con Brio has premiered these pieces in such prestigious places as Carnegie Hall and Shanghai Concert Hall, as well as at TCU.
Dr. Galaganov is Associate Professor of Viola at Texas Christian University. His students now have successful careers in the USA and abroad. He is also director of the Fort Worth Chamber Music Roundup Academy and festival, which gives amateur musicians the rare opportunity to rehearse and perform with top concert artists in the same ensembles. Dr. Galaganov received his degree of Doctor of Musical Arts from Rice University in Houston.
VIOLA and VIOLIN LESSONS
The approach to each student is highly individual.
The following skills are taught to every student:
• Critical use of knowledge
• Efficient practice/study skills
• Objective self-evaluation
• Concentration on individual progress and goals
• Ability to learn from performances of others
• Basic technical principals of playing the instrument
• Predominance of musical approach to performance, including performances of exercises and scales.
The following is varied:
• Goals
• Amount of assigned music
• Amount and character of assigned analyses, research, reading, etc.
• Grading for performances
• Programs
• The manner of playing the instrument, including hand positions, bowing, fingering, hold of the violin or viola, and many other details.
• The ways of communicating with students
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