Simon Trpčeski

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Simon Trpcheski (Simon Trpčeski),

Macedonian classical pianist
.

Trpčeski is the youngest of three children; his father was a judge and his mother a pharmacist.[1] In 2002, he received his degree in music from the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Macedonia (now North Macedonia), where he studied with Professor Boris Romanov. By then he had already made his debut in recital at London's Wigmore Hall in 2001 and had won prizes in international competitions in the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, and Italy.[2]

Trpčeski was chosen to join the two-year

Hallé Orchestra, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. In Scandinavia, he has performed with the Stockholm, Bergen, Gothenburg, and Helsinki orchestras and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra
.

Trpčeski's first recital recording—an

Debussy
respectively.

Trpčeski's playing has been praised for its feeling and warmth as well as its technical control.[3] Recently in Vancouver, BC Canada (January 23, 2016), he played Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra under guest conductor Otto Tausk. He received an overwhelming standing ovation. (Allegro- Magazine of the VSO. Vol. 21, Issue 2)

Trivia

  • His daughter, Lara (born 2010), represented North Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Yerevan, capital of Armenia, with song «Životot e pred mene» with Irina Davidovska and Jovian Džakimovski, where they finished 14th out of 16 countries, with 54 points.

Awards

  • September 2011.

National artist of Macedonia - he is the first artist that got this award

  • December 2009.

Order of Merit for Macedonia[4]

  • April 2005.

Disc of the Month (April) - BBC Music Magazine

  • May 2003.

"Young Artist Award" awarded by the Royal Philharmonic Society

  • 2001-2003.

BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist

  • April 2000.

"Millennium World Piano Competition London" - Second place

  • December 1998.

World piano contest "Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe" in Skopje - First place

Selected recordings

  • Rachmaninov 2010 - awarded
    Diapason d’Or
    de l’Année 2010

References

  1. ^ On-air interview during broadcast of BBC's Radio 3 Live in Concert, 7 December 2011
  2. ^ 88 notes pour piano solo, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Neva Editions, 2015, p. 53. ISBN 978-2-3505-5192-0
  3. ^ Fefferman, Stanley (1 November 2006). "Music Toronto: Chamber Music Downtown". St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts: Showtime Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 December 2016.
  4. ^ Pianist Trpceski receives Order of Merits for Macedonia - MINA
  • San Francisco Symphony Orchestra performer profile of November 15, 2006 [1]
  • Biography on performer's Web page [2]

External links

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