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Pavlina Dokovska, pianist...

b i o g r a p h y...........back to roster....up A First Prize winner of the Claude Debussy International Competition in France and Italy’s International Piano Competition of Senigallia, Pavlina Dokovska's concert tours have taken her to Europe, the Far East and throughout the United States, receiving critical acclaim for her brilliant technique, depth of interpretation, and emotional range. Among the highlights of her performing career figure concerts with the Luxembourg Philharmonic under conducters Leopold Hager and Paavo Jarvi, and important debuts at the Spoleto Festival in Italy, Mai Musical in Bordeaux, the Frick Collection in New York, Munich’s Gasteig, the National Gallery in Washington, Prague’s Autumn Festival and the Klavierfestival Ruhr in Germany. At the International Apolonia Festival in Bulgaria she gave a solo recital in addition to a duo-recital with the great Bulgarian soprano Stefka Evstatieva. In New York, she has appeared in several top halls, including Avery Fisher Hall, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, and Merkin Hall. A sought-after soloist with orchestra, she has performed with the symphony orchestras of Austin, Knoxville, Youngstown and Great Falls, and performed Chopin’s e-minor Concerto with the Billings Symphony and Prokofiev’s 3rd Piano Concerto with the Augsburg Symphony in Germany. Duo-recitals with the late legendary Bulgarian bass Nicolai Ghiaurov brought both to Paris, Munich, the Salzburg Festival, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, and Wigmore Hall in London to standing ovations throughout. In her native Bulgaria, she regularly performs as recitalist and soloist with all the major orchestras, including the Sofia Philharmonic and Radio Symphony. Ms. Dokovska's discography shows an affinity for French music, such as in her CDs on Koch International and Arcadia featuring music by various French composers including the Groupe des Six, an album titled Tombeau de Couperin and another CD named Musical Tribute, Debussy on Labor Records. She has also recorded an all-Schumann CD on Gega New Records. Her collaborative efforts with major musical figures have resulted in many memorable recordings, among them Russian Romances with Mr. Ghiaurov on RCA, on Elan with cellist Nathaniel Rosen playing sonatas by Prokofiev and Rachmaninov, and on the Victor label sonatas by Ravel and Saint-Saëns with violinist Mila Georgieva. Known for her insightful and caring teaching methods which have produced many a competition winner, Ms. Dokovska joined the faculty of the Mannes College of Music in New York in 1995. Three years later she was elected Chair of the Piano Department, a position she holds to date. In 1999 she founded and became artistic director of the annual Mannes Festival which grew into a staple of New York’s musical life with about 20 concerts at some of the city’s major venues. She is also artistic director of the Southwest Virginia Festival for the Arts. Pavlina Dokovska was born in Bulgaria where she studied with Lydia Kuteva and graduated from the Music Academy of Sofia as a student of Julia and Constantin Ganev. After further studies with Ivonne Lefebure in Paris, she completed her Master of Music Degree at the Juilliard School in New York as a student of Beveridge Webster. b i o....c o n c e r t o - r e p e r t o i r e back to roster...up . . . .

. c o n c e r t o - r e p e r t o i r e..........back to roster....up BEETHOVEN – Choral Fantasy, op. 80 BEETHOVEN – Concerto No. 3 in c minor BEETHOVEN – Triple Concerto in C Major, op. 56 BUSONI – Indian Fantasy BUSONI – Konzertstueck op. 31a BUSONI – Romanza and Scherzo op. 54 CHOPIN – Concerto No. 1 in e minor CHOPIN – Krakowiak, op. 14 CHOPIN – "La Ci Darem" Variations FRANCK – Symphonic Variations GERSHWIN – Rhapsody in Blue HAYDN – Concerto in D Major KABALEVSKY – Concerto No. 2 in g minor LISZT – Concerto No. 1 in E flat Major MENOTTI – Concerto in Fa MOZART – Concerto in A Major, MOZART – Concerto in f minor, K 466 PROKOFIEFF – Concerto No. 1 in D Flat Major PROKOFIEFF – Concerto No. 3 in C Major SHOSTAKOVICH – Concerto No. 1 b i o....c o n c e r t o - r e p e r t o i r e back to roster...up . . . .