Anna Petrova (Anna Petrova), Piano

Biography

Bulgarian
pianist Anna Petrova is considered
by audiences and critics alike to be one of the most exciting new talents to
emerge. She is a prizewinner of numerous national and international piano
competitions including the José Roca (Valencia),
Bösendorfer (Sofia), Maria
Yudina (St. Petersburg),
Adilia Alieva (Galliard), and Pancho Vladigerov (Shoumen) piano competitions.
She was recently selected as one of the few pianists to perform in the New
Masters on Tour recital series managed by the International Holland Music
Sessions, which includes recitals in the Netherlands,
Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, and other European
countries.

Since
an early age, she has been highly praised for her performances as both a
recitalist and orchestra soloist in her native Bulgaria, as well as in Serbia,
Macedonia, Germany, France, Netherlands, Austria, Italy, Spain, and the United
States, in prestigious halls such as Steinway Hall, Carnegie Hall (New York),
Conservatoire Russe (Paris), Bösendorfer Hall (Vienna), Auditorio Ciudad de
León (Spain), and National Philharmonic Hall (Sofia). She has performed as a
soloist with such orchestras as Sofia National Philharmonic Orchestra, Plovdiv
Philharmonic Orchestra, Pazardjik Symphony Orchestra, Shumen Philharmonic
Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica Iuventas in Spain, Joven Orquesta Nacional de
España, Joven Orquesta Solidaria de Valencia, and Joven Orquesta de Andalucía,
also in Spain.  Her performances have
been broadcast on Bulgarian national radio and television.

Future
engagements include solo and concerto performances in Bulgaria, United States, Belgium,
the Netherlands, and Spain.

Born
in Plovdiv, after initial studies with Svetlana Kosseva (a student of the
acclaimed Shostakovich biographer and scholar Sofia Khentova), she moved to New
York in 2005, where four years later she completed a Bachelor´s degree as a
full scholarship student of Horacio Gutiérrez at the
Manhattan School of Music.
She is currently in her fifth year of studies, as a candidate for the Master of
Music Degree, now in the studio of André-Michel Schub. She also works often
with pianist Matti Raekallio.