Evgeny Boschanov

Evgeni Boschanow ( Bulgarian Евгени Божанов , English transcription Evgeni Bozhanov ; born March 10, 1984 in Russe , Bulgaria ) is a Bulgarian pianist .

Life

education

Boschanow received his first piano lessons at the age of six and became a student of the national art school “Prof. Weselin Stojanow ”in Russe. After a master class with Boris Bloch , he decided in 2001 to continue studying music at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen and also to take regular master classes with Dmitri Bashkirow . In 2006 he continued his piano studies as a student of Georg Friedrich Schenck at the Robert Schumann University in Düsseldorf . In January 2016 he passed his concert exam there.

Career

Boschanow made his debut in his hometown at the age of 12, won his first piano competitions and received scholarships as a result, which enabled him to take masterclasses and finally to study piano with Bloch and then with Schenck at the age of 16. Through his continued concert activity during his student years, mainly as a chamber musician , but also as a soloist with various orchestras, he became increasingly known to the concert audience.

Participation in piano competitions eventually established him on international concert stages. His 4th place in the 2010 Chopin Competition in Warsaw caused a sensation. Boschanow was considered to be the “eccentric” darling of music critics and the public during the scandalous competition - the rules of which were changed regarding the award of points during the ongoing competition. Like Glenn Gould, Boschanow prefers a very low seating position at the piano. He therefore travels and gives concerts with his own piano stool. Boschanow's striking facial expressions and gestures at concerts are sometimes described extravagantly. This peculiarity and the fact that he was not voted one of the first places by the jury did not affect his career. On the contrary: invitations to international piano festivals followed. Among other things, Boschanow opened the Chopin Festival in Warsaw in 2011 with a recital that was later published under the name Evgeni Bozhanov - Live in Warsaw .

In the 2011/12 season, Boschanow made his debut at the concert halls Suntory Hall in Tokyo, the Berlin Philharmonie , the Wiener Musikverein , the Royal Festival Hall in London and the Tonhalle Düsseldorf . Concert tours with the German Symphony Orchestra Berlin under Yutaka Sado took him to Japan. This was followed by a European tour with the Orchestra Nazionale della RAI under Juraj Valčuha.

Boschanow in 2011 for his first release Fréderic Chopin: Piano Works with the Prize of the German Record Critics' Award. In the laudation, the jury honored the pianist's recording with the words: “Evgeny Bozhanov is not only able to interpret Chopin's works, he inhales them, senses what is special in them and what is undiscovered in many passages - a rare synthesis of research Cleverness and momentary happiness in the sense of well-founded spontaneity. "

Recordings

• Fréderic Chopin: Piano Works. Frédéric Chopin : Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 , Polonaise No. 10 in F minor, Op. 71, No. 3, Impromptu No. 3 in G flat major, Op. 51, Waltz No. 8 in A flat major, Op. 64, No. 3, Waltz No. 5 in A flat major, Op. 42, Ballad No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47, Piano Sonata in B minor, Op. 58 . FugaLibera, 2011.
• Evgeni Bozhanov - Live in Warsaw. Frédéric Chopin: Barcarolle in F sharp major op.60, Mazurka A flat major op.41 No. 4, Mazurka in C sharp minor op.50 No. 3, Grande valse brillante E flat major op.18 , Waltz No. 8 A flat major Op. 64 No. 3, Waltz No. 5 in A flat major, Op. 42. Franz Schubert : 12 Lander Op. 171, D 790. Claude Debussy : La plus que lente, L'Isle Joyeuse . Alexander Scriabin : Valse op.38.Franz Liszt : Sonetto 104 del Petrarca , Mephisto Waltz No. 1. Profile, 2012. (Recorded on August 19, 2011.)

Awards (selection)

• 2006: 1st prize at the International Carl Bechstein Piano Competition in Ruhr
• 2008: 1st prize at the Casagrande competition in Terni, Italy
• 2008: 2nd prize at the Sviatoslav Richter competition in Moscow (1st prize was not awarded, Bozhanov shared the 2nd prize with the Korean pianist Jong-Gyung Park.)
• 2009: Finalist at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
• 2010: 2nd prize in piano at the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium in Brussels
• 2010: 4th prize at the International Chopin Competition
• 2011: German Record Critics' Prize for the recording Fréderic Chopin: Piano Works

Web links

• Official website
• Works by and about Ewgeni Boschanow in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Artist Conversation: Evgeni Bozhanov - HomeSymphony®. In: YouTube . Mannheim Philharmonic , November 23, 2014, accessed on June 4, 2016 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} pianist Evgeni Bozhanov in Ahaus Castle. www.kuvi.de, May 17, 2007, accessed June 4, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Lars Wallerang: Evgeni Bozhanov: Piano player - and nothing else. Westdeutsche Zeitung , December 17, 2010, accessed June 4, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Bozhanov takes his concert exam. (No longer available online.) Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf , January 20, 2016, archived from the original on June 4, 2016 ; accessed on June 4, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Hear a late-evening piano recital by Evgeni Bozhanov. (No longer available online.) In: ABC classic FM. Australian Broadcasting Corporation , January 23, 2014; archived from the original on June 4, 2016 ; accessed on June 4, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ^ Rainer Wagner: Chopin Competition in Warsaw: A nation trembles with the pianists. Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung , October 23, 2010, accessed on June 4, 2016 . 
7. ^ Philipp Marquardt: A knight for Chopin. (No longer available online.) RP Online October 17, 2011, archived from the original on June 4, 2016 ; accessed on June 4, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ^ Steve Langendorf: Evgeni Bozhanov. Chicago Reader , April 16, 2010, accessed June 4, 2016 . 
9. ↑ Katarzyna Hosaniak: The Judge has to be a prophet. Interview with Kevin Kenner, member of the Jury of the 16th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition held in Warsaw. Chopin 2010 Celebrations Office, November 8, 2010, accessed June 4, 2016 . 
10. ^ ^{A b} John Allison: International Chopin Piano Competition, Warsaw, review. The Daily Telegraph , October 29, 2010, accessed June 4, 2016 . 
11. ↑ ^{a b} Best List 2-2011. German Record Critics' Prize, accessed on June 4, 2016 . 
12. ^ Past Winners. (No longer available online.) Fondazione Alessandro Casagrande, archived from the original on June 5, 2009 ; accessed on June 4, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
13. ^ Peter Cossé: Youth and old age in competition. The second "Sviatoslav Richter" competition in Moscow. Klassik-heute.com, August 18, 2008, accessed June 4, 2016 . 
14. ↑ MCANA / Cliburn Institute - 2009. Music Critics Association of North America, accessed June 4, 2016 . 
15. ↑ Evgeni Bozahnov. Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium, accessed on June 4, 2016 (English).