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Dr. Misha Galaganov has performed as a soloist in Russia, 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 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). The group has received eleven new compositions in the last five years from several composers of different countries around the world. One of premieres (of a trio by Eric Ewazen) took place in Carnegie Hall in 2005.
Dr. Galaganov is Associate Professor of Viola at Texas Christian University. He has given lectures and masterclasses in numerous festivals in Europe, Mexico, and the USA. His former students have successful careers as soloists and orchestra musicians in America and in Europe. Galaganov is a director of the Fort Worth Chamber Music Roundup festival, which gives amateur musicians the rare opportunity to rehearse and perform with top concert artists in the same ensembles. He is also Director of Chamber Music Roundup Academy that functions on semester basis.
In addition to being educated in Russia, Dr. Galaganov also holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Jerusalem Rubin Academy, an Artist Certificate from SMU in Dallas, Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from Rice University in Houston. His main teachers included Pavel Galaganov, Michael Kugel, Barbara Hustis, Martha Katz, and Wayne Brooks.
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