RNE-Radio-Clasica-Sep-12-2010-2.mp3
Staying in Spain this week for a concert from the 2009 Rafael Orozco Festival de Piano, recorded on the 19th of November 2009. Featured in this concert are Orquesta de Córdoba, conducted by Vladimir Valek and featuring Luydmil Angelov, piano.
The concert opens with Beethoven's Leonora Overture number 3 - it's followed by Chopin's Concerto Number 1 with Lyudmil Angelov as soloist. The concert concludes with Beethoven's Eroica Symphony (#3).
Maestro Lyudmil Angelov's considerable work playing Chopin alone has earned him many accolades and awards. Since 1992 he has lived in Spain, where he is the Founder and Artistic Director of Toledo International Music Festival. He teaches at Toledo Conservatory and also gives master-classes at Castellón Conservatory.
In 1994 he was unanimously awarded First Prize at the World Piano Masters International Competition of Monte-Carlo. Marking a turning point in his career, this prize enabled the young pianist to perform at many of the most important concert halls of Europe, enjoying both audience and critical success.
Ludmil Angelov was born in Varna, Bulgaria, into a family of well- known musicians of Bulgarian and Greek descent. He started taking piano lessons at the age of six and soon made his debut in Sofia and other Bulgarian cities. Mr. Angelov graduated with an Honors Degree from the Bulgarian State Academy of Music, where studied with eminent pianist and pedagogue Konstantin Stankovich, former assistant of the legendary Nadia Boulanger.
Ludmil Angelov has won prizes and distinctions at many international competitions, including "Virtuosi di Musica per Pianoforte" (Czechoslovakia, 1973), "Senigallia" (Italy, 1976), "F. Chopin" (Poland 1985), "Palm Beach" (USA1990) and "World Piano Masters" (Monte-Carlo 1994).
Having embarked upon an international career, he has been to all European countries, USA, South America, Hong Kong, Korea and Taiwan, appearing in countless recitals, chamber music concerts and as a soloist with many major orchestras, including the Covent Garden Orchestra, Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Berliner Sinfonieorchester, Schleswig-Holstein Sinfonieorchester, Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Russian Radio Symphony Orchestra, European Masters Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Montpellier, Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille, Orchestre Lamoureux, Orquesta Nacional de España, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Orquesta Sinfónica de RTV Española, Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, Athens State Orchestra, Sofia Philharmonic, Bulgarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, etc.
Enjoy the concert - come back next week.
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