Pavel Kogan is a world-renowned violinist and conductor. His activities in the musical field are known in many parts of the world. Having started playing violin in childhood, Kogan subsequently received a solid musical education. Subsequently, he passed on his knowledge and experience for many years to novice musicians.
From the biography of Pavel Leonidovich Kogan
The future Russian musician and conductor was born in the capital of the USSR on June 6, 1952 in a creative family. Pavel's parents were famous musicians. His father Leonid Kogan is known as a violinist, People's Artist of the USSR, winner of the Lenin Prize. Pavel's mother was also a violinist and professor at the Moscow State Conservatory.
From an early age, Kogan joined creativity and had the opportunity to communicate with eminent musicians. Among them are Mstislav Rostropovich, David Oistrakh, Evgeny Svetlanov, Gennady Rozhdestvensky. Pavel began to receive his musical education at the Central Music School (class of Yuri Yankelevich). Pavel graduated from school in 1969.
From 1969 to 1974, Kogan studied violin at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. In 1976 Pavel completed his postgraduate studies.
Musician and conductor career
As a violinist, Pavel Leonidovich made his debut when he was only twelve years old: he performed in Moscow with his parents in a philharmonic concert.
At the age of 18, Kogan won a prize at the Sibelius International Violin Competition in Helsinki. After that, the musician performed a lot with concerts in the USSR, Europe, USA and Japan.
In 1972, Kogan tried himself as a conductor. He performed with the famous State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Soviet Union. Subsequently, Pavel performed more than once with various orchestras on concert tours.
In the late 1980s, Kogan directed the Zagreb Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. In the 1988/89 season, he conducted at the Bolshoi Theater for the production of Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata.
Around the same time, Kogan began to lead the Moscow Academic Symphony Orchestra, which was founded back in 1943. Pavel Leonidovich himself formed the repertoire of the creative team, enriching it with works of American and European music.
In collaboration with Kogan, the orchestra has earned a reputation as a collective with the highest standards of artistic excellence and a very wide range of admirers in many countries of the world.
From 1998 to 2005, Pavel Leonidovich served as a guest conductor at the Utah Symphony Orchestra.
For about twenty years, Kogan has been active in teaching, teaching students of the Moscow Conservatory. Pavel Leonidovich - Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts and People's Artist of Russia.
Kogan's son also became a famous violinist. Dmitry Pavlovich is an Honored Artist of Russia and the first musician who performed a concert at the North Pole. Currently Dmitry is the head of the Samara State Philharmonic Society.
In his free time, Pavel Kogan reads a lot, listens to classical jazz. One of his hobbies is piloting small planes.
