One-hour lesson with timpanist, Peter Kogan. Location and date of the lesson is at the discretion of the instructor.

Peter Kogan was appointed principal timpani of the Minnesota Orchestra in 1986. Kogan began his musical studies on the violin at age six. He began serious percussion study at age 11 with Saul Goodman, with whom he continued studying through high school and at Juilliard. He completed his studies at the Cleveland Instituted of Music, where he studied with Cloyd Duff and received a master’s degree in 1972.

Kogan, who teaches in his home studio in St. Paul, taught percussion at the Oberlin Conservatory between 1971 and 1972 and has since returned to Oberlin to give master classes at the Oberlin Percussion Institute. In 2007 he was appointed to the affiliate faculty of the University of Minnesota School of Music.

In 2009 Kogan collaborated with Minnesota-based sculptor and artist Brian Leo to design and build historical replicas of a pair of Classical timpani, which were introduced to the Orchestra during the 2009-10 season. The drums, based on scholarly research, are designed specifically for the Classical repertoire of Haydn through Schubert. Their success has led Kogan to build additional sets for sale under the name Klassischewienerpauken™.