Anna Petrova

May 17, 2010

An exciting young Bulgarian pianist named Anna Petrova recently played in Chicago, and we have a live recording of the event. Anna was born in Plovdiv but moved to New York in 2005 to study at the Manhattan School of Music, first with Horacio Gutiérrez and then André-Michel Schub. Anna performed as both a recitalist and orchestra soloist in her native Bulgaria, as well as Serbia, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Austria, Italy, Spain, and the United States. Right now she’s in Brussels, competing in the semi-final round of the prestigious 2010 Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition. We wish her luck. No matter what happens at the competition, Anna has already proven to be a very interesting musician. You can judge by yourself by listening how she plays Debussy’s Reflets dans l’eau, from Book 1 and Poissons d’or, from Nook 2 of Images, and Rachmaninov’s Variations on a Theme of Corelli. To listen click here.