Donka Angatscheva (born 1 January 1979, Plovdiv, Bulgaria) is an Austrian pianist of Bulgarian descent. She lives in Vienna.
Donka Angatscheva | |
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| Born | January 1, 1979 Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
| Origin | Austria |
| Genres | Classical |
| Instrument(s) | Piano |
Early life edit
At age 5 Angatscheva received her first piano lessons. Her first public appearance came at age 10 with the Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra. She started her studies at the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts (MDW) in the class of Heinz Medjimorec where she earned a master of arts in piano performance in 2004.[1]
At the Queen Elizabeth College of Music (la Chapelle Musicale reine Elisabeth- CMRE) she completed her postgraduate studies in the class of the Artemis Quartet and with Avedis Kouyoumdjian.,[2]
Career edit
Angatscheva played in 2011 together with her trio D´Ante at the Radio France Festival Montpellier, at the Chopin Festival Flagey, Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels and at the Festival Menton, France.
In December 2012 she gave a guest performance with D´Ante at the Tonhalle Zürich.
In June 2013 she played the Malediction by Franz Liszt at the Liszt Festival Raiding with the Bayreuther Chamber Orchestra conducted by Nicolaus Richter. A follow-up performance with D´Ante came In 2014.
Personal life edit
Angatscheva is fluent in German, Bulgarian, English, Spanish, Greek and Serbo-Croatian. She is married and has two daughters.[3][4]
Awards edit
- 1989: First prize at the national piano contest „Dimitar Nenov“, Razgrad, Bulgaria.
- 1990: Second prize (first prize was not awarded) at the 8th International piano contest in Salerno, Italy.
- 1997: second prize (first prize was not awarded) at the national piano contest at the Academy of Music and Arts, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
- 2003: First prize at the 13th International Chamber Music Contest in Thessaloniki, Greece together with Daniela Ivanova, violist with the Wiener Philharmoniker.
- 2007: First prize at the 17th International Chamber Music Contest in Thessaloniki, Greece with her trio D´Ante.
- 2011: Winner of the „Young Artist Award“ by Foundation Aeschlimann, Switzerland
Discography edit
- 2001: Frédéric Chopin, pianoworks (Global Private Equity).
- 2010: Cuatro estaciones porteñas-Astor Piazzolla, E.Fernandes Arbos.
Trio D’Ante - Donka Angatscheva-piano, Valya Dervenska - violin, Teodora Miteva-cello edit
- 2011: piano trios Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Schostakowitsch. Trio D'Ante-Vienna
Donka Angatscheva -pia o Valya Dervenska-violin Teodora Miteva-cello (Gramola 98934).
- 2011: Franz Liszt, pianoworks (Gramola 98924)
- 2014: Mozart, Sarasate
Yury Revich-violin Donka Angatscheva-piano (Onepoint.fm) edit
Vogtland Philharmonie, Stefan Fraas-Dirigent, Donka Angatscheva-piano edit
- 2016: "Appassionato"- Ludwig van Beethoven, pianoworks[6]
- 2017: "Dedication"-pianoworks, Franz Liszt
References edit
- ^ "Biography | Donka Angatscheva | Pianist". angatscheva.com. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
- ^ "Biography | Donka Angatscheva | Pianist". angatscheva.com. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
- ^ "Donka Angatscheva". www.onepoint.fm. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
- ^ "Donka Angatschewa: Es lassen sich in jedem Werk immer wieder neue Facetten entlocken". Pizzicato (in French). Retrieved 2017-10-03.
- ^ Donka Angatscheva, Las cuatro estaciones porteñas: IV. Invierno porteño, retrieved 2017-10-03
- ^ "Ihre Suchergebnisse - MediaMarkt". www.mediamarkt.de. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
- ^ "Fantastic Addinsell, Rota and Piazzolla from Donka Angatschewa". www.pianistmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
External links edit
- Donka Angatscheva - Jury at Austrian Piano Open • International Music Competition, 2017
- Donka Angatscheva Official Website
- Liszt Festival Raiding: Stage Talk
- Fantastic Addinsell, Rota and Piazzolla from Donka Angatschewa Archived 2017-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
- Ein Farbenkünstler
- Donka Angatschewa: Es lassen sich in jedem Werk immer wieder neue Facetten entlocken
- Angatscheva, Donka: Liszt-Recital