Creative Research

  • recital with pianist Wu Qian for the Nevada Chamber Music Festival. Schubert Fantasy in f minor. Hall Recital Hall, UNR, Reno Performance, completed 12/31/2022.
  • recital with violist Dimitri Murrath, cellos James Baik and violinist Grace Park for the Nevada Chamber Music Festival. Arnold Box: Viola Sonata and Rebecca Clarke: Piano Trio. Hall Recital Hall, UNR, Reno. Performance, completed 12/31/2022.
  • recital with clarinetist David Krakauer and violist Dimitri Murrath for the Nevada Chamber Music Festival. Schumann Märchenerzählungen opus 132. Hall Recital Hall, UNR, Reno. Performance, completed 12/30/2022.
  • recital with violinist Grace Park for the Nevada Chamber Music Festival. Grieg Violin Sonata no. 3 in C minor. Hall Recital Hall, UNR, Reno. Performance, completed 12/29/2022.
  • recital with clarinetist David Krakauer and cellist Clive Greensmith for the Nevada Chamber Music Festival. Brahms Clarinet Trio. Hall Recital Hall, UNR, Reno. Performance, completed 12/28/2022.
  • recital with cellist Clive Greensmith (the Colburn School) for Chamber Music Orange County. Works by Debussy, Mendelssohn, Boulanger, Respighi, and Schumann. Lake Forest, CA. Performance, completed 12/18/2022.
  • recital with Russian cellist Evgeny Tonkha for Chamber Music on the Mountain. Works by Debussy, Grieg, De Falla, and Fauré. Ojai, CA. Performance, completed 12/11/2022.
  • recital with LA Philharmonic’s concertmaster Martin Chalifour for the Da Camera Society in Los Angeles. Works by Debussy, Mozart, Leclair, Poulenc and Fauré. Performance, completed 12/03/2022.
  • Ravel Trio at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, for the Los Angeles Philharmonic with cellist Ben Hong and violinist Bing Wang. Performance, completed 11/29/2022.
  • Adjudication of the Liszt competition at the U of U. Competition, completed 11/21/2022.
  • two-piano performance of Liszt’s Hunnenschlacht with Vedrana Subotic and Kenneth Udy in Libby Gardner Hall. Performance, completed 11/21/2022.
  • Solo Performance of the Dante Sonata by Liszt for the SoM’s Liszt festival at Libby Gardner Hall. Performance, completed 11/20/2022.
  • performance of works by Schubert, Martinu, Mozart, and Steve Banks with the Felici Piano Trio and oboist Aaron Hill for Chamber Music Unbound in Bishop, CA. Performance, completed 11/06/2022.
  • Performance of works by Schubert, Martinu, Mozart, and Steve Banks with the Felici Piano Trio and oboist Aaron Hill for Chamber Music Unbound in Mammoth Lakes, CA. Performance, completed 11/05/2022.
  • Recital with pianist Andrew Brownell for the Classical Sundays at Six series in Los Angeles. Works by Wagner, Schubert and Poulenc. Performance, completed 10/24/2022.
  • Abravanel Guest Composer Concert: Times 3 by Lerdahl with Hasse Borup (violin), and Andrew David Larson (cello). Butterfly by John Costa with Caitlyn Valovick Moore (flute), Reflection by Lerdahl with Cailtyn Valovick Moore and Katie Porter at Dumke Hall. Performance, completed 10/24/2022.
  • Adjudication of the George and Beverly August competition at Cal State University in Long Beach, CA. Competition, completed 10/15/2022.
  • Performance of duos, trios, and solos by Turina, Arensky, Colón, Morel Campos, and Handel with violinist Corey Cerovsek and cellists Emilio Colón and Cara Elise Colón in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Performance, completed 10/08/2022.
  • Performance of duos, trios, and solos by Turina, Arensky, Colón, Morel Campos, and Handel with violinist Corey Cerovsek and cellists Emilio Colón and Cara Elise Colón in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Performance, completed 10/07/2022.
  • Performances of duos, trios, and solos by Turina, Arensky, Colón, Morel Campos, and Handel with violinist Corey Cerovsek and cellists Emilio Colón and Cara Elise Colón in Quebradillas, Puerto Rico. Performance, completed 10/06/2022.
  • Performance of duos, trios, and solos by Turina, Arensky, Colón, Morel Campos, and Handel with violinist Corey Cerovsek and cellists Emilio Colón and Cara Elise Colón in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Performance, completed 10/05/2022.
  • Performance of trios by Ravel, Haydn, and Arensky with the Felici Piano Trio for Chamber Music Unbound in Bishop, CA Performance, completed 09/25/2022.
  • Performance of trios by Ravel, Haydn, and Arensky with the Felici Piano Trio for Chamber Music Unbound in Mammoth Lakes, CA. Performance, completed 09/24/2022.
  • Solo recital for Chamber Music L.A. at Zipper Hall, Los Angeles. The Messenger by Valentin Silvestrov. Performance, completed 08/28/2022.
  • Chamber music recital for the International chamber Orchestra of Puerto Rico with cellist Emilio Colón and violinist Corey Cerovsek. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Performance, completed 08/10/2022.
  • Concert for the Steamboat Springs Music Festival in Colorado. Brahms: horn trio with violinist Martin Chalifour and hornist Nathan Zilberschlag. Steamboat Springs, CO. Performance, completed 06/29/2022.
  • Concert for the Music Guild series in Los Angeles with cellist Evgeny Tonkha and violinist Luanne Homzy with trios by Beethoven and Ravel. Westwood, CA. Performance, completed 06/07/2022.
  • Concert for the Nevada Chamber Music Festival: Beethoven’s third Cello Sonata with Clive Greensmith. Performance, completed 05/29/2022.
  • Concert for the Nevada Chamber Music Festival: Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata with violinist Gallia Kastner at UNR, Reno, NV. Performance, completed 05/28/2022.
  • Concert for the Nevada Chamber Music Festival: Bartók Contrasts with Elias Rodriguez and Martin Beaver at UNR, Reno, NV. Performance, completed 05/27/2022.
  • Solo recital for the Jacaranda series with music by Liszt. Performance, completed 05/22/2022.
  • Recital for the Jacaranda series with music by Berio, Busoni, Stravinsky, Dallapiccola, and Liszt , solo and with violinist Movses Pogossian. Santa Monica, CA. Performance, completed 05/21/2022.
  • Solo recital for the Jacaranda series with music by Valentin Silvestrov in the Frost Auditorium in Culver City Performance, completed 05/01/2022.
  • Recitals with cellist Eric Byers for the South Bay Chamber Music Society with works by Bernstein, Debussy, Webern, Brahms, Schumann. Rolling Hills Estates, CA. Performance, completed 04/24/2022.
  • Recital for the Ridgecrest Chamber Music Society with works by Beethoven, Mozart and Dvorak. Ridgecrest, CA Performance, completed 04/23/2022.
  • Recitals with cellist Eric Byers for the South Bay Chamber Music Society with works by Bernstein, Debussy, Webern, Brahms, Schumann. Harbor City, CA. Performance, completed 04/22/2022.
  • Performances of piano quartets by Brahms and Dvorak with the Felici Piano Trio and violist Ambroise Aubrun for Chamber Music Unbound in Bishop, CA. Performance, completed 04/17/2022.
  • Performances of piano quartets by Brahms and Dvorak with the Felici Piano Trio and violist Ambroise Aubrun for Chamber Music Unbound in Mammoth Lakes. Performance, completed 04/16/2022.
  • Trios by Prokofiev, and Shostakovich with oboist Rong-Huey Liu, violinist Rebecca Hang, and cellist Brian Schuldt. The Merc, Temecula, CA. Performance, completed 04/09/2022.
  • Piano quartets by Brahms, Mahler and Mozart for the Mason concert series in Los Angeles, CA. Performance, completed 04/08/2022.
  • Trios by Prokofiev, and Shostakovich with oboist Rong-Huey Liu, violinist Rebecca Hang, and cellist Brian Schuldt. Cal State University Fullerton Performance, completed 04/07/2022.
  • Masterclass for Cal State University Northridge. Performance, completed 04/01/2022.
  • Masterclass at the Cal State University in Long Beach. Performance, completed 03/23/2022.
  • Performances of trios by Mozart, Beethoven, Dvorak with the Felici Piano Trio for Chamber Music Unbound in Bishop, CA. Performance, completed 03/13/2022.
  • Performance of trios by Mozart, Beethoven, Dvorak with the Felici Piano Trio for Chamber Music Unbound in Mammoth Lakes, CA. Performance, completed 03/12/2022.
  • Beethoven’s triple concerto with the Orquesta Filarmónica Municipal de Guayaquil and conductor David Harutyunyan, cellist Emilio Colón, and violinist Corey Cerovsek in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Performance, completed 03/10/2022.
  • Masterclass for the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music in collaboration with the International Chamber Orchestra of Puerto Rico. Performance, completed 02/08/2022.
  • Schumann’s Piano Concerto with the International Chamber Orchestra of Puerto Rico with conductor Emilo Colón, in Concha Acústica de PONCE, Ponce, Puerto Rico Performance, completed 02/06/2022.
  • Schumann’s Piano Concerto with the International Chamber Orchestra of Puerto Rico with conductor Emilo Colón, in Historic Teatro Tapia, VIEJO SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Performance, completed 02/05/2022.
  • Schumann’s Piano Concerto with the International Chamber Orchestra of Puerto Rico with conductor Emilo Colón, in DISTRITO T-MOBILE Plaza Popular, San Juan, Puerto Rico Performance, completed 02/04/2022.
  • Schumann’s Piano Concerto with the International Chamber Orchestra of Puerto Rico with conductor Emilo Colón, in Historic Condado Vanderbilt Lounge, San Juan, Puerto Rico Performance, completed 02/03/2022.
  • Chamber music concert in Culebra, Puerto Rico for Musica Pa Culebra with violinists Corey Cerovsek and Sofia Kim, and cellists Emilio Colón and Cara Elise Colón. Music by Haydn, Sarasate, Mendelssohn, Colón, and De Falla. Performance, completed 01/28/2022.
  • Chamber music concert in Culebra, Puerto Rico for Musica Pa Culebra with violinists Corey Cerovsek and Sofia Kim, and cellists Emilio Colón and Cara Elise Colón. Music by Haydn, Sarasate, Mendelssohn, Colón, and De Falla. Performance, completed 01/27/2022.
  • Performances of trios by Rachmaninov and Beethoven with the Felici Piano Trio for Chamber Music Unbound in Bishop, CA. Performance, completed 01/23/2022.
  • Performance of trios by Rachmaninov and Beethoven with the Felici Piano Trio for Chamber Music Unbound in Mammoth Lakes CA. Performance, completed 01/22/2022.
  • Recital for the North Eastern Pennsylvania Chamber Music Society at the Cathedral Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, PA with John Vaida, Amy Iwazumi and Theodore Buchholz. Program: Antonín Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 21 Kenji Bunch: Intersections, Jessie Montgomery: Duo for violin and cello, Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25. Performance, completed 01/15/2022.
  • Recital for the North Eastern Pennsylvania Chamber Music Society at the Hayfield House at Penn State Wilkes-Barre with John Vaida, Amy Iwazumi and Theodore Buchholz. Program: Antonín Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 21 Kenji Bunch: Intersections, Jessie Montgomery: Duo for violin and cello, Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25. Performance, completed 01/14/2022.
  • Recitals with violist/violinist Yura Lee for the Second Sundays at Two series in Rolling Hills, CA. Works by Debussy and Mozart. Performance, completed 01/09/2022.
  • Recital with violist/violinist Yura Lee for Classical Crossroads, Torrance, CA. Works by Schubert and Brahms. Performance, completed 01/06/2022.

Presentations

  • Masterclass for the students at Cal State University in Long Beach. Presentation, Presented, 03/23/2022.

Languages

  • Bulgarian, functional.
  • Dutch, fluent.
  • French, fluent.
  • German, functional.
  • Latin, basic.
  • Russian, basic.

Publications