Irina Georgieva
Biography Irina Georgieva
Irina Georgieva
was born in Sofia in 1978. It is also the capital of Bulgaria where she takes her first steps as a pianist: At the age of 6, she gives her first public concert. Two years later, she enters stage for her first solo concert and wins her first international prize. Another year later, she plays Beethoven’s 1st Piano Concerto as a soloist with orchestra.
In 1997, Irina Georgieva is admitted to the Sofia Conservatory. For the first time, she works with Prof. Marina Kapazinskaya, who will accompany her years later in her master’s studies. Already during her studies, Irina Georgieva performs as a solo pianist with all major orchestras in Bulgaria. Apart from that, she works unwaveringly on her artistic development and takes part in numerous master classes, amongst others with piano luminaries such as Lazar Berman and Dmitry Bashkirov.
In 2001, she leaves Bulgaria. A scholarship from the “Gerber-ten Bosch” foundation takes her to the Basel Music Academy and into Rudolf Buchbinder’s master class. Looking back, the time with Buchbinder is probably the most important step in Irina Georgieva’s career. For she not only completes her concert and soloist diploma with distinction. In addition, she develops decisively and gradually becomes the artist she is today. ...
