Anna petrova
Bulgarian pianist Anna Petrova, praised for her “artistic, clear and enlightened” performances [BBC Magazine], performs extensively as a soloist and chamber musician. She is a top prize winner of numerous international competitions, including the First Prize winner of the Jose Roca International Competition, Spain and a semi-finalist of the Queen Elizabeth Piano Competition. Recent highlights include her New York debut with conductor Philippe Entremont, a recording of Stravinsky’s Les Noces with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and conductor JoAnn Falletta (Naxos, 2016), and solo and chamber music residencies in festivals across North America, Europe, and Asia. She is a member of the Carr-Petrova viola and piano duo and the clarinet-viola-piano Iris Trio. Currently, she is working on a two-CD set of the complete piano sonatas of Russian composer, pianist, and pedagogue Samuil Feinberg for Naxos. Petrova holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Manhattan School of Music and is Assistant Professor of Piano at University of Louisville, KY, and visiting faculty at Musical Arts Madrid, Spain.
