Georgi Lekov
Bulgarian pianist Georgi Lekov started his musical education at the age of four. In 2014 he graduated from Music High School “Lubomir Pipkov” in Sofia, Bulgaria, in the piano classes of Еmiliya Kaneva and Prof. Ludmil Angelov. In 2018 Lekov earned his Bachelor of Music Degree from Mannes College The New School for Music in the piano classes of Prof. Pavlina Dokovska and Dr. Vladimir Valjarevic, receiving the Steinway & Sons Piano Award. In May 2020 he completed his Master of Music Degree, again, at Mannes College, majoring in Piano and minoring in Impact Entrepreneurship at the New School of Social Research. Currently he is pursuing his Doctorate of Musical Arts Degree at University of Connecticut under the guidance of Dr. Angelina Gadeliya.
Lekov has won an impressive number of prizes in competitions in his native Bulgaria, Romania, Cyprus, Belgium, China and USA. Throughout the years, he participated in masterclasses given by Jerome Lowenthal, Richard Goode, Vladimir Felstman, Ursula Oppens, Steven Isserlis, Ivry Gitlis, James Giles, Ludmil Angelov, etc. He has performed as a soloist and chamber member in the USA, China, Cyprus, Belgium, Turkey and his native Bulgaria. Lekov has played with the most renowned Bulgarian orchestras such as Classic FM Orchestra, Sofia Philharmonic, New Symphony Orchestra, etc. As a performer, Georgi Lekov has appeared at the Concert Hall of the Central Conservatory in Beijing, Dimotiko Theatro in Larnaca, Chateau du Lac in Brussels, Concert Hall "Bulgaria" in Sofia. In New York, he has performed at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Steinway Hall, The Union Club, the Bulgarian Consulate, the German Consulate, and the New School's Tishman Auditorium, among others. Committed to exploration of the contemporary repertoire, Lekov has worked under the direction of various composers and took part in numerous world premieres of new works for piano and chamber ensembles.
For the rest of the 2023-2024 season, Georgi Lekov will perform at various venues and occasions. Highlights include a recital at UConn's Von der Medhen Concert Hall, performing the Chopin - Piano Concerto No.2 with the UConn Symphony, recital at Institut Culturel Bulgare in Paris, France, among others.