Viktor Valkov portrait
  • Assistant Professor, School Of Music
801-581-7133

Professional Service

  • University of Utah. Role: pianist. Donor performance for the McCarthey Family. 12/06/2022 - 12/06/2022
  • University of Utah. Solo piano recital (CPE Bach, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky). 11/15/2022 - 11/15/2022
  • University of Utah. Trio concert with Yuki McQueen- violin and John Eckstein- cello (Schumann, Ravel). 04/17/2022 - 04/17/2022
  • University of Utah. Concert with Sinfonia Salt Lake. 03/05/2020 - present
  • University of Utah. Chamber music concert with John Eckstein-cello, and Yuki MacQueen-violin (Brahms-Piano Trio C major, Mendelssohn- Piano Trio c minor), Libby Gardner Hall, University of Utah, Salt Laker City, UT. 10/19/2019. 10/19/2019 - 10/19/2019
  • University of Utah. Chamber music concert Kostov- Valkov Duo (Beethoven- Complete sonatas for cello and piano), Libby Gardner Hall ,University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. 10/05/2019. 10/05/2019 - 10/05/2019
  • University of Utah. Recital (Debussy- Four Preludes, Nenov- Miniatures, Bartok- Out of Doors, Dahn- Giuoco Piano, Prokofiev- Sonata n.8) Libby Gardner Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 01/17/2019. 01/17/2019 - 01/17/2019

Internal Service

  • CAV sub-committee. chair, 11/01/2022 - 02/15/2023. Department service.
  • Juri sub-committee. 10/01/2022 - present. Department service.
  • CFA Grants committee member. 08/24/2022 - present. College service.
  • University Interdisciplinary Teaching Program Committee. member, 08/24/2022 - present. University service.
  • Graduate Studies committee. member, 08/24/2022 - present. Department service.
  • University Interdisciplinary Teaching Program Committee . 08/24/2021 - present. University service.
  • CFA Grants committee. member, 08/24/2021 - present. College service.
  • Graduate Studies Committee . 08/24/2021 - present. Department service.
  • Graduate Studies Committee. 08/24/2020 - present. Department service.
  • CFA Grants committee member. 08/24/2020 - present. College service.
  • College of Fine Arts Grants Committee 2019-2020. 10/05/2019 - present. College service.
  • Graduate Students Committee . 08/20/2019 - present. Department service.
  • student recital committee for Benjamin Wong, DMA Piano Performance, University of Utah. 08/20/2019 - 12/02/2019. Department service.
  • student recital committee for Bryn Boogert, MM Cello Performance, University of Utah. 08/20/2019 - 12/02/2019. Department service.
  • “New Knowledge” Strategic Planning Committee . 08/20/2019 - 12/02/2019. Department service.
  • student recital committee for Verina Chen, DMA Piano Performance, University of Utah. 08/20/2019 - 12/02/2019. Department service.
  • student recital committee for Janae Williams, DMA Piano Performance, University of Utah. 08/20/2019 - 12/02/2019. Department service.
  • student recital committee for (Chair) Ke An, MM Piano Performance, University of Utah. 08/20/2019 - 12/02/2019. Department service.
  • student recital committee for Qi Su, MM Piano Performance, University of Utah. 01/07/2019 - 04/21/2019. Department service.
  • student recital committee for Carmen Hall. chair, 12/01/2018 - present. Department service.
  • student recital committee for Daniel Tselyakov. 12/01/2018 - present. Department service.
  • concert with Lachezar Kostov, cello. 10/15/2018 - present. Department service.
  • graduate committee. 08/20/2018 - present. Department service.

Community Partnership

  • Member of the jury at the Utah Symphony Salute to Youth Competition. 09/18/2021 - present

Outreach

  • Piano masterclass for young students at UMTA Sandy Chapter. 12/03/2019 - 12/03/2019
  • Piano masterclass for young students at UMTA Bountiful Davis Chapter. 04/10/2019 - 04/10/2019

In the Media

  • live broadcast of the Camerata piano recital on Texas Public Radio. 10/23/2022.
  • live broadcast of the Camerata San Antonio April program with live commentary from the concert hall on Texas Public Radio. 04/10/2022.
  • live broadcast of the Camerata San Antonio March program with live commentary from the concert hall on Texas Public Radio. 03/06/2022.
  • live broadcast of the Camerata San Antonio February program with live commentary from the concert hall on Texas Public Radio. 02/20/2022.
  • A complete live broadcast of the Camerata cello and piano recital on Texas Public Radio. 10/26/2021.
  • Interview on Texas Public Radio . 10/23/2021.
  • A on-hour program on the Bulgarian National Radio, “Horizon”, featuring interviews and music from the 2021 CD “Brahms and Shostakovich- Piano Trios”. 10/18/2021.
  • Article/interview for Arts Live San Antonio preceding a live recital broadcast. 11/13/2020. https://artsalivesa.com
  • Concert review in Fuerther Nachrichten, Germany. 11/04/2020.
  • Concert Review in Suedwest Presse, Germany. 11/02/2020.
  • Concert review in Diepholtz Zeitung. 10/27/2020.
  • Concert review in Werne Zeitung, Germany. 10/26/2020.
  • Interview and performance of Brahms Piano Quartet n.2, Ist movement on KPAC 88.3, Texas Public Radio. 11/14/2019.
  • review at MassLIve, Springfield Mass. 11/03/2019. https://www.masslive.com/music/2019/11/springfield...
  • review at Teckbotte, Kirckheim Teck, Germany . 10/16/2019.
  • review in Incidentlight, San Antonio. 10/05/2019. http://incidentlight.com/Music%20reviews/sa-sympho...
  • Interview on KPAC 88.3, Texas Public Radio. 09/08/2019.
  • Broadcast of Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto n.2 with the San Antonio Symphony on KPAC 88.3 Texas Public Radio. 09/07/2019.
  • Complete solo recital broadcast of Viktor Valkov's Philadelphia debut recital on wwfm.org. 08/01/2019.
  • Review in Incidentlight, San Antonio. 05/14/2019. http://incidentlight.com/Music%20reviews/camerata-...
  • One-hour podcast recorded for “Skip the Repeat” with Kai Talim. Philadelphia. 04/23/2019. http://skiptherepeat.libsyn.com/viktor-valkov-pian...
  • Live radio broadcast on WRTI 90.1 Philadelphia. Interview and performance. Also streamed as video on WRTI’s website. 03/22/2019.
  • review in Incidentlight, San Antonio on Viktor Valkov's debut with the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra. 02/23/2019. http://incidentlight.com/Music%20reviews/san-anton...
  • review in San Antonio Express News on Viktor Valkov's debut performance with the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra. 02/22/2019. https://www.expressnews.com/entertainment/music-st...
  • review in Wiesbadener Kurier, Germany. 02/20/2019.
  • review in Incidentlight, San Antonio. 02/01/2019. http://incidentlight.com/Music%20reviews/cavatina-...
  • review in The Daily Utah Chronicle. 01/23/2019. https://dailyutahchronicle.com/2019/01/23/visiting...
  • Review in Soltau Boehme Zeitung. 10/27/2018.
  • Review in Segeberger Zeitung. 10/26/2018.
  • review in incidentlight.com. 09/19/2018.
  • broadcast on "Performance Today" NYC. 09/12/2018.
  • Review in incidentlight.com. 03/27/2018.
  • Review in Rottenburger Post. 02/28/2018.