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A First Prize winner of the Claude Debussy International Competition in France and
Italy's International Piano Competition of Senigallia, Pavlina Dokovska's concert
tours have taken her to Europe, the Far East and throughout the United States, receiving
critical acclaim for her brilliant technique, depth of interpretation, and emotional
range.
Among the highlights of her performing career figure concerts with the Luxembourg
Philharmonic under conducters Leopold Hager and Paavo Jarvi, and important debuts
at the Spoleto Festival in Italy, Mai Musical in Bordeaux, the Frick Collection in
New York, Munich's Gasteig, the National Gallery in Washington, Prague's Autumn Festival
and the Klavierfestival Ruhr in Germany. At the International Apolonia Festival in
Bulgaria she gave a solo recital in addition to a duo-recital with the great Bulgarian
soprano Stefka Evstatieva.
In New York, she has appeared in several top halls, including Avery Fisher Hall,
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, and Merkin Hall. A sought-after soloist with
orchestra, she has performed with the symphony orchestras of Austin, Knoxville, Youngstown
and Great Falls, and performed Chopin's e-minor Concerto with the Billings Symphony
and Prokofiev's 3rd Piano Concerto with the Augsburg Symphony in Germany. Duo-recitals
with the late legendary Bulgarian bass Nicolai Ghiaurov brought both to Paris, Munich,
the Salzburg Festival, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, and Wigmore Hall in London to
standing ovations throughout. In her native Bulgaria, she regularly performs as recitalist
and soloist with all the major orchestras, including the Sofia Philharmonic and Radio
Symphony.
Ms. Dokovska's discography shows an affinity for French music, such as in her CDs
on Koch International and Arcadia featuring music by various French composers including
the Groupe des Six, an album titled Tombeau de Couperin and another
CD named Musical Tribute, Debussy on Labor Records. She has also recorded
an all-Schumann CD on Gega New Records. Her collaborative efforts with major musical
figures have resulted in many memorable recordings, among them Russian Romances with
Mr. Ghiaurov on RCA, on Elan with cellist Nathaniel Rosen playing sonatas by Prokofiev
and Rachmaninov, and on the Victor label sonatas by Ravel and Saint-Saëns with
violinist Mila Georgieva.
Known for her insightful and caring teaching methods which have produced many a competition
winner, Ms. Dokovska joined the faculty of the Mannes College of Music in New York
in 1995. Three years later she was elected Chair of the Piano Department, a position
she holds to date. In 1999 she founded and became artistic director of the annual
Mannes Festival which grew into a staple of New York's musical life with about 20
concerts at some of the city's major venues. She is also artistic director of the
Southwest Virginia Festival for the Arts.
Pavlina Dokovska was born in Bulgaria where she studied with Lydia Kuteva and graduated
from the Music Academy of Sofia as a student of Julia and Constantin Ganev. After
further studies with Ivonne Lefebure in Paris, she completed her Master of Music
Degree at the Juilliard School in New York as a student of Beveridge Webster.
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