MR. EVGENI BOZHANOV

Age: 25  
Citizenship: Bulgaria
Country of birth: Bulgaria
Residing in: Germany

Professional training:
Robert Schumann Hochschule, Düsseldorf, Germany
Folkwang Hochschule, Essen, Germany

Prizes won:
2010, 4th prize, Warsaw, Poland
   International Chopin Piano Competition
2010, 2nd prize, Brussels, Belgium
   Queen Elisabeth International Competition
2009, Finalist, Fort Worth, TX, USA
   Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
2008, Top prize, Moscow, Russia
   Sviatoslav Richter International Piano Competition
2008, 1st prize, Terni, Italy
   “Alessandro Casagrande” International Piano Competition
2006, 1st prize, Essen, Germany
   International Carl Bechstein Piano Competition
2010 4th prize
   Chopin International Piano Competition

Performance highlights:
2008-9 Tour of Italy
2008,   Concerti with Duisburg Symphony Orchestra and
           Limburg Symphony Orchestra, Germany;
           Concerto with Moscow Academic Orchestra, Russia;
           Recital tour, Wiesbaden, Germany
2007,  Tour of 11 cities, Germany
2006,  Concerto with Ural Symphony Orchestra and Tour of 7 cities, Russia

2009 CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION PROGRAM (planned program)

Round One:
Scarlatti - Sonatas: K. 127 in A flat Major, K. 55 in G Major,
                             K. 466 in F Minor, K. 107 in F Major
Beethoven - Sonata in E flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3

Round Two:
Mozart - Sonata in D Major, K. 331
Takemitsu - Rain Tree Sketch
Chopin - Mazurkas: Op. 30, No. 4 in C sharp Minor; Op. 50, No. 3 in C sharp Minor
             Etude in G flat Major, Op. 10, No. 5 (“Black Key”)
             Rondo a la Mazur in F Major, Op. 5

Semi-final Round:
Debussy - Danseuses de Delphes, Voiles, Le vent dans la plaine,
                Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir,
                Les collines d’Anacapri (Préludes, Book I: 1-5)
Chopin - Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58
Gounod/Liszt - Faust Waltz

Final Round:
Rachmaninoff - Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18