Ivo Kaltchev, Bulgaria

D.M.A. Rutgers University;
M.M. Yale University;
B.M., Sofia State Academy of Music

Additional study at F. Liszt Hochschule für Musik, Weimar, Germany), associate professor of piano. Adviser for the M.M. in Piano Performance degree program. Faculty member of the World Piano Pedagogy Conference. Visiting piano professor, China Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China. Bösendorfer artist.

Prize winner of international piano competitions in Italy, United States, and Bulgaria. Critically acclaimed recital and solo concerto appearances in leading musical centers throughout the world, including Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, Kennedy Center, Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory Hall, Beijing China Conservatory of Music, St. Petersburg State Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw National Philharmonic Hall, Tel Aviv Museum Recanati Auditorium, Mendelssohn Hochschule für Musik (Germany), Teatro di Verdi (Italy), Bulgaria Great Hall, Cooper Union Great Hall, and Richardson Auditorium of Princeton University.

Performances at the Sofia Music Weeks International Festival, Toledo International Music Festival (Spain), First Mozart International Music Festival (Frankfurt, Germany), French Music Festival at Lincoln Center, and Rutgers SummerFest, and others.

Mr. Kaltchev has been a featured artist at New York's WNYC and WQXR radio stations, Radio Free Europe, Radio Moscow, Bulgarian National TV and Radio, among many others. Has collaborated as a chamber musician with pianist Ilana Vered, tenor Frederick Urrey, Essex Quartet, and members of the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony, the National Symphony Orchestra, and Royal Concertgebouw.

Recording artist for the Bulgarian label GEGA NEW. Discography includes an all-Charles Griffes compact disc (hailed by the French magazine Diapason as "the most accomplished interpretation known until now") and a compact disc with the world premiere of piano works by Florent Schmitt, in addition to other recordings for Yamaha Disklavier, MSF Records, and World Music Marimba labels.

Recipient of pedagogy awards for teaching excellence from the Piano Teachers Society of America and the Princeton Steinway Society. Active as an adjudicator and has presented lectures, workshops, and master classes in Europe, China, Virgin Islands, and the United States. He has served on the faculties of Westminster Choir College, Sofia State Academy of Music, and Sofia State University (Bulgaria).