EVGENI BOZHANOV
Born in 1984, in Bulgaria, Evgeni Bozhanov completed his studies in Essen and Düsseldorf (Germany) with Prof. Boris Bloch and Prof. Georg Friedrich Schenck. His international career launched following top prizes at international competitions including the Sviatoslav Richter International Piano Competition in Moscow, Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas and International Chopin Competition in Warsaw.
In the past seasons Evgeni has appeared as a soloist with orchestras including the National Orchestra of Belgium, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Chamber Orchestra, Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano, RAI National Symphony Orchestra, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Hyogo Performing Arts Centre Orchestra, and Ensemble Wien (soloists of the Vienna Philharmonic), and has presented recitals at the Lille Piano Festival, Festival de La Roque d’Anthéron, Bad Kissingen Summer Festival, Musikverein Vienna, the Suntory Hall, the Philharmonie Berlin, Serate Musicali Milan, the Schubertiade Vilabertan (Spain), the Gulbenkian Foundation Lisbon, amongst others.
Highlights from recent seasons include concerts with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Malmö Symphony, Athens State Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio, Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, Haydn Orchestra Bolzano and the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. Alongside, Evgeni appeared also at the Flanders Festival Gent, Piano Festival di Brescia Bergamo, and gave further recitals in Munich, Lison, Coimbra, Milano and Palermo. He returned to the Royal Festival Hall, London, with the Philharmonia Orchestra, this time under the baton of Juraj Valcuha and with Yutaka Sado at the Wiener Musikverein. He accomplished his fifth tour to Japan and return to the United States to present concerts with the Houston Symphony Orchestra.