Moments that mattered

🏆 Awards
Grand Prix

2002, 2004 – Grand Prix as Best Pianist at the Peter de Grote Music Festival in Groningen, Netherlands
2014 – Grand Prix in Piano Duo at the international competition “Shores of Hope” in Dobrich
First Prizes
2014 – 1st Prize at the international competition “Hairs of Orpheus” (Piano Duo)
2003 – 1st Prize at the international SEILER Piano Competition in Sofia
2003 – 1st Prize at the international competition “Hopes, Talents, Master Players” in Dobrich
2003 – 1st Prize at the international competition “Franz Schubert” in Ruse
2002 – 1st Prize at the National Competition “Veselin Stoyanov” in Sofia
2002 – 1st Prize at the international competition “Hopes, Talents, Master Players” in Dobrich (Piano Trio for Six Hands)
2002 – 1st Prize at the international competition in Marktoberdorf (Piano Trio for Six Hands)
2001 – 1st Prize at the national competition with international participation “German and Austrian Music” in Burgas
1999 – 1st Prize at the national competition “Dimitar Nenov” in Razgrad
1998 – 1st Prize at the international competition “Shores of Hope” in Dobrich
1997 – 1st Prize at the national competition “Franz Schubert” in Gabrovo
Second Prizes
2013 – 2nd Prize at the International Piano Competition “Orchestra Sion” in Istanbul
2013 – 2nd Prize at the international competition “Carl Filtsch” in Sibiu, Romania
2008 – 2nd Prize at the international piano competition in Ibiza, Spain
2000 – 2nd Prize at the international competition “Young Musical Talents” in Sofia
Third Prizes
2013 – 3rd Prize at the international competition “Classic Open” in Braunschweig, Germany
2002 – 3rd Prize at the national competition “Dobri Hristov” in Varna
2000 – 3rd Prize at the national competition “French Music” in Plovdiv
1998 – 3rd Prize at the international competition “Carl Filtsch” in Sibiu, Romania
🌟 Special Distinctions
2007 – Best Pianist in Category C at the international competition of the Young Pianist Foundation in Amsterdam, Netherlands
2004 – Best Interpretation of a Bulgarian piece at the international competition “Young Virtuosos” in Sofia
2002–2003 – Grand Prize “Plaque of Ruse” for outstanding achievements in the arts
2002 – “Virtuoso Interpretation” at the international competition “Music and Earth” in Sofia
2001 – Special Prize from Rada Chomakova at the national competition “German and Austrian Music” in Burgas
2001 – “Artistic Talent” at the international competition “Music and Earth”
2001 – Best Interpretation of Jano Hainen at the national competition with international participation “German and Austrian Music” – Burgas
2000 – Best Interpretation of Three Pieces op. 49 by Albert Roussel at the national competition “French Music” in Plovdiv
🎓 Masterclasses (since 1998)
Regular participation in masterclasses with: Lazar Berman, Boris Berman, Michael Voskresensky, Klaus Hellwig, Jacques Rouvier, Pascal Devoyon, Piano Duo Genova-Dimitrov, David Wilde, Vladimir Tropp, Rian de Waal, Elena Richter, Boris Bloch, Michael Roll, Tamara Poddubnaya, Bojidar Noev, Victor Chuchkov, Atanas Kurtev, Juri Bukov, Michael Keller, Sally Pinkas, Igor Roma, Konstantin Scherbakov, Tomislav Nedelkovich-Baynov
🎼 Concerts with Orchestra
2015 – Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B minor (University Orchestra Trossingen, conductor: Sebastian Tewinkel)
2014 – Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Stuttgart Symphony Orchestra)
2010 – Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B minor (“Mira Orchestra” Groningen, concerts in Stockholm, Uppsala, Groningen)
2009 – Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B minor (“Mira Orchestra” Groningen, concerts in Leeuwarden)
2009 – Gershwin “Rhapsody in Blue” (“Hanze Symphony Orchestra” Groningen, concerts in Groningen and Bremen)
2007 – Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor (“National Flute Orchestra” Groningen, concerts in Groningen and Leeuwarden)
2002–2003 – Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor (Ruse Symphony Orchestra, concerts in Ruse, Bulgaria)
2000 – Mozart Piano Concerto in D minor, KV 466 (Ruse Symphony Orchestra, concerts in Ruse, Bulgaria)
🎹 Piano Recitals / Solo Programs
2008 – Solo recital featuring Olivier Messiaen’s piano cycle “Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus”
Since 2002 – Regular solo recitals in Bulgaria, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland
Repertoire Focus: Late Beethoven, Brahms, Schumann, Schubert, Messiaen, Prokofiev
📻 Broadcast Recordings
Since 1998: Recordings for Bulgarian National Television, Bulgarian National Radio, Dutch Radio, and Radio Fier (Netherlands),TRT National Television-Turkey
🎓 Scholarships
2010–2012 – Study scholarship from the Prince Bernhard Culture Fund
2004–2010 – Study scholarship from the Labberte–Hoedemaker Fund
2002 – Scholarship from the Raina Kabaivanska Foundation
2002 – Scholarship from the company “Presto”