Macedonian pianist Simon Trpčeski has established himself as one of the most remarkable musicians to have emerged in recent years, playing with “fluent, muscular [and] humerous” (New York Times) flare, and well-known for his commitment to strengthening Macedonia’s cultural image.

Trpčeski is a frequent soloist in the UK with the London Symphony, City of Birmingham Symphony, Philharmonia, Royal Liverpool and London Philharmonic orchestras. He has also performed alongside the prestigious Royal Concertgebouw, Rotterdam, Russian National and Bolshoi Theatre orchestras, NDR Sinfonieorchester Hamburg, DSO and RSO Berlin, WDR Cologne, as well as Royal Stockholm, Oslo, Bergen, Gothenburg, Helsinki, St. Petersburg, Orchestre National de France, Galicia, EUYO, New York, Chicago, Boston, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestras.

Trpčeski has worked with a prominent list of conductors including Lorin Maazel, Antonio Pappano, Vasily Petrenko, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Gustavo Dudamel, Charles Dutoit, Vladimir Jurowski, Sakari Oramo, Jukka Pekka Saraste, Thomas Dausgaard, Robin Ticciati, Susanna Malkki, Andris Nelsons, Krzysztof Urbanski, Jakub Hrusa, Dima Slobodeniouk, Lionel Bringuier, Lahav Shani, Marin Alsop and Gianandrea Noseda. A superb recitalist, he has also given solo performances in such cultural capitals as New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., London, Paris, Munich, Hamburg, Dublin, Lisbon, Prague, and Tokyo.

Mr. Trpčeski is a graduate of the School of Music at the University of St. Cyril and St. Methodius in Skopje, where he studied with Professor Boris Romanov. Simon Trpčeski makes his home in Skopje with his family.

"…a first rate virtuoso… the emotion is all in the sound

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