MishaKatz

(France)

Misha Katz was born at Rostov on Don, in U.S.S.R.
He started studying the cello in 1959 and in 1971 went to the Tchaikovsky

Conservatory in Moscow to study with Mstislav ROSTROPOVITCH, his master and teacher.

In 1972 he studied conducting with his father, Leonid KATZ, the outstanding Russian conductor and skilled and popular artist.
He obtained his doctorate at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow in 1979.
In 1982 he studied conducting with the famous composer and conductor Leonard BERNSTEIN.
After his arrival in France in 1985 he formed the “Shostakovich Trio”.
The artist and his trio were invited to record by SONY CLASSICAL in 1994.
He has been invited to take part in major international festivals , such as Monte Carlo , Bodensee , Palma de Majorca , Bregenz , Cervantino in Mexico City , Jerusalem , Santander, Harrogate , Sion , El Vendrell – Casals festival, Cannes , Flanders , Luxembourg, Sansepolcro, Moravia, Toblach-Mahler Festival… and has been invited to play in the most prestigious concert halls in the world , such as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Alte Oper in Frankfurt , the Salle Pleyel in Paris , Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Conservatory Concert Hall , the Manoel Theatre in Malta , the Wigmore Hall in London , Ateneul Român in Bucharest, Palais des Festivals in Cannes, the Bolshoi Theater , Auditorium in Monte – Carlo, Herkulessal in Munich, Auditorium in Barcelona, Capella in Saint Petersburg, Grand Auditorium de l’UNESCO Paris Town Hall New York, Rialto Theatre in Montreal
In 1996- appointed “Permanent Conductor” of the Belorussian National Philharmonic Orchestra in Minsk.
Since 1997 his career as a conductor has developed on a large scale, he has been invited to conduct orchestras all over the world: in England, Belgium, Russia, France, Moldavia, the Czech Republic, Spain, Serbia, Switzerland, Romania, Poland, Denmark, Georgia, Sweden, Slovakia, Israel, Monaco, Ukraine, Germany,Bulgaria, Mexico, Italy, Macedonia, United States, Canada, Hungary, South America.
Since 1998 he is appointed Permanent Conductor of the Chamber Orchestra “The Soloists from Russia”
In 2003 he is appointed Artistic Director of the “Solomon Mikhoels” International Festival in France, under the auspices of the President Jacques CHIRAC.
In 2005 he is appointed Artistic Director of “The International Peace Festival”, under the auspices of the President Nicolas SARKOZY, and from 2012 under Francois HOLLANDE.

Since 2008 he is Principal Guest Conductor of the Slovak Sinfonietta.
2005 - Golden Menorah by the International B’nai B’rith
2008 – French Golden Medal of Merit and Dedication
2013 – UNESCO Five Continents Medal
2013 – Golden Medal by the Universal League of Public Welfare.
In 2013 he is co-founder of the project “Culture beyond borders” under the auspices of UNESCO.
2014 – “Solomon Mikhoels” Medal
2017 – Artistic Director of the musical festival “Les Nuits Musicales du Suquet” in Cannes.

“Such a deep understanding of music can only be explained by a divine gift”

-Leonard BERNSTEIN