Natalia Margulis

(cello)
Natalia Margulis performs throughout Europe and the USA as a soloist and chamber musician. She has played concerts at the Auditorio Nacional de Madrid, Spain, the Megaron Hall in Thessaloniki, Greece, the Walton Arts Center, Bozar Hall, Bruxelles, and many other cities. She has performed with such distinguished artists as Martha Argerich, Grigory Gruzman, and Nigel Kennedy. She has played as a soloist with the Greek National Orchestra, the North Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, and the Cologne Youth Orchestra. She has participated at international music festivals including the Santander Festival and the Verbier Academy.

In 2003, she was invited as a cello professor at the International Music Seminar in Vertiscos, Greece. Born into a family of Russian musicians in Freiburg, Germany, she had her first piano lessons with her mother at the age of five and began cello lessons at the age of thirteen. She studied in St.-Petersburg, Russia, in 1992, later in Basel, Switzerland, in 1994 with Ronald Leonard in Los Angeles. In 1996, she entered the class of Prof. Frans Helmerson at the Hochschule fur Musik in Cologne, Germany, where she earned her diploma in 2002 with distinction.

From 2002 to 2004, she studied in the master's program at the Escuela de Musica Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain with Prof. Natalia Shakovskaya. In 2004-2005, she was enrolled for chamber music at Chapell Musical in Bruxelles, Belgium. She has also played for renowned cellists such as David Geringas, Boris Pergamentschikov, Philipp Muller, and Natalia Gutman. As a member of the "Margulis Trio," she received a diploma at the 99th Osaka Chamber Music Competition and a diploma at the International Competition `Maria canals` in Barcelona in 2004. Since last year, Natalia holds the position of the assistant solo cello at the Teatro Real Opera in Madrid, Spain.