Classic concert – Piano at 19:00

BCI London has the pleasure to host an evening with a classic piano concert on the 15/5/2013 at 19:00. Piano played by the great Bulgarian pianist Veselina Chakarova.

Programme for the evening:

J.S. Bach – Prelude and Gugue in E flat minor, Book 1 No 8, BWV 853

Haydn – Sonata No 53 E minor, Hob. XVI/34

Presto
Adagio
Vivace molto

Dimitar Nenov – Pastorale

Chopin – Sonata Op. 35, B flat minor

Grave – Doppio movimento agitato
Scherzo
Marche
Finale

About Veselina Chakarova:

Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, Vesselina Tchakarova began playing the piano at the age of seven. Three years later she was accepted as a student of the Central Music School “L. Pipkov”. Her first public recital was at the age of twelve and only a year later she won 3rd prize at the Stresa International Piano Competition in Italy. In 1995 she was a First Prize winner of the “Union of French Musicians and Artists” Competition in Paris. After these achievements she performed extensively throughout Greece and Bulgaria.
Vesselina came to London in 1999 to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and in 2001 she gave her London debut. She was then invited to participate in masterclasses given by renowned pianists Leslie Howard, Paul Roberts and Joan Havill. A year later she was a concerto soloist in Brescia, Italy, performing with “Vox Aurae” orchestra under Giancarlo De Lorenzo.
Her debut album was released in 2006 by ‘Gega New’ record label with music by Bulgarian composers for violin and piano with Yana Burova. She was a guest at the opening of “Young Musical Talents” festival (Sofia) in two consecutive years under the baton of Konstantin Ilievsky and Ulrich Kern. Both these concerts were a live broadcast on the Bulgarian National Television.
In 2007 Vesselina played at the Wigmore Hall (London) with cellist Alexander Somov. This concert was in aid of ARK (Absolute Return for Kids) whose projects for Bulgaria help children in need in the region of Stara Zagora.
In 2010 she performed Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto at St John Smith Square in February with “I Maestri” orchestra under Jean-Louis Gosselin. She then participated in the International Festival “Spring in Russia” in Moscow” with solo recitals. She was invited to perform for the bicentenary of Liszt ‘s birthday in 2011 with ‘Mozart Virtuoso Orchestra’ in Tokyo, Liszt Piano Concerto No1 under Maestro Oikawa.
Vesselina did her debut concert with Sofia Philarmonic Orchestra in May 2012, performing Beethoven 4th Piano Concerto with their Principal conductor Martin Panteleev,
Currently Vesselina lives in London where she performs a diverse repertoire as a solo recitalist and chamber musician as well as teaches at St Paul’s Cathedral School and is a Music Director of “Music All” school.