Vitaly Margulis, pianist, pedagogue and author of music philosophy studies, was born on April 16th 1928 in the Ukrainian City of Charkov. He received his first piano lessons from his father, whose teacher, Alexander Horowitz, studied with the composer Alexander Scriabin. Vitaly Margulis continued his studies at the renowned Leningrad Conservatory under Professor Samarij Sawshinskij where, from 1958 until his emigration to the west in 1974, he had his own piano class. During this time, Vitaly Margulis triumphed in more than one thousand concerts throughout Russia.

In 1975, Vitaly Margulis became a full Professor at the renowned Musikhochschule in Freiburg, Germany. In 1994, he accepted a professorship for Piano at the University of California in Los Angeles. In addition, he holds piano seminars in Germany, Switzerland, Greece, Belgium, Portugal, Holland, France, Japan, Russia, and America.

Over the years, his concerts in cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Rome, Berlin, Salzburg, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Moscow, and Saint Petersburg and his numerous recordings were received with great enthusiasm. German critics spoke of him as a "secret genius" (Joachim Kaiser, Süddeutsche Zeitung), a "world class pianist" (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung), and one of the foremost pianists of our time. The Salzburg News hailed his performance in the 1991 Salzburg Festival as "an event of outstanding significance." A review of his 1996 recital in Santander, Spain wrote: "The three sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven, Moonlight, Les Adieux, and the colossal Op. 111 were in quality and maturity unique and irreproducible. Certainly his Beethoven interpretation was a very personal one and set an unsurpassable standard." sua família.

In a 1994 review of Margulis' Chopin CD, Musica Italia raved: "Here I found an exciting and fantastic recording with two interpretations, the Chopin Etudes Op. 10 n°2 and n°9, which, in my opinion, enter straight into the history of art." In a review of Margulis' recording of Scriabin's Sonata No. 3, Le Disque Ideal, Paris, 1993, wrote: "Despite the existence of such acclaimed records of Horowitz and Sofronizky, in my opinion, Margulis exceeds the standards set by these masters. His CD is a true masterpiece."

In his teaching, Professor Margulis prioritizes the study of the works of Bach and Beethoven. His book "Johann Sebasatian Bach's Symbolic Language and The Well Tempered Clavier" points to new ways of understanding the religious symbolism and spirituality in Bach's music. In his publication "Formula for Timing Relationship and Beethoven's Timing Principles," Professor Margulis explores new concepts in musical architecture. His series "Bagatelles" describes principles of piano pedagogy in an aphoristic manner. Professor Margulis has become a very fortunate teacher. Over the last decades, his students have won more than a hundred prizes at international competitions, twenty-eight of which were grand prizes. In 2000, former students of Prof. Margulis received the third prize in the Calgary International Piano Competition and the second prize in the legendary international competition "Frederic Chopin" in Warsaw/Poland.