Information About Yoana - Ealing teacher

Personal Description:

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Yoana has given numerous recitals and performed as a concerto soloist for many years throughout Europe. Born in Bulgaria, she began playing the piano at the age of 5 and gave her debut solo recital at the age of 11. As a versatile and imaginative musician she studied piano performance at the State Academy of Music in Sofia with Anton Dikov, then at Trinity College of Music in London with Penelope Roskell. She has also worked with renowned pianists Idil Biret, Vera Gornostaeva, Peter Katin, Boris Bloch, Lazar Berman, Norma Fisher, Alberto Portuguese, Alexander Ardakov and Vladimir Krainev. She continues to captivate audiences with her outstanding technique and spontaneous approach. In 1995 she won the First Prize in the Virtuosi of the Piano International Competition in the Czech Republic, while in 1998 she was awarded the First Prize in the Carlo Soliva International Competition in Italy. In the following years, she also received first and third prizes in international competitions in her home country.

Yoana has been a regular performer for Bulgarian national TV and radios. She has also received the certificate for Outstanding Achievement outside Bulgaria from Stefan Sofianski the Mayor of Sofia. Since 2004, Yoana has been a London-based artist, and has during these years performed in many solo recitals, as well as chamber concerts. Her current and future plans involve performances at international stage. Her previous recordings include works by Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, and Scriabin.

" Yoana is a very talented young pianist. A strong personality, a true sense of musicality, a natural virtuosity which allows her to perform with ease and style the most demanding works of the pianistical repertory are some of her most striking quality" Ideil Biret

"I have recently have pleasure of hearing and have found her to be a pianist of rare musicality and with a technique serving the music in a way that one does not hear to often these days" Peter Katin

Tutoring Experience:

09/2007—Present
Private Tutor –London, United Kingdom
1) Age Group: 3—Advanced Player
2) Special needs students children with dyslexia and dyspraxia
DBS Cleared
3) Worked with exclusive UK and internal private VIP clients, include private staff at
Buckingham palace
4) Teaching instrument Concert Grand Bechstein

Tutoring Approach:

Provide tailored teaching based on individual's abilities, interest and help to assist to achieve their goals.