Evgeni Bozhanov

Evgeni Bozhanov (Bulgarian: Евгени Божанов; born in Rousse, Bulgaria, on 10 March 1984) is a Bulgarian classical pianist. He trained with Evgeny Zhelyazkov at the National School of Arts "Prof. Vesselin Stoyanov" in Rousse, and from 2001 to 2006 studied with Boris Bloch at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen. From 2006 he continued his studies with Georg Friedrich Schenck at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf.

Career Bozhanov's international career developed after prizes at several major piano competitions, including the Sviatoslav Richter International Piano Competition in Moscow, the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels, the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth and the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw.

He has appeared with instrumentalists including Martha Argerich, Akane Sakai, Akiko Suwanai, Emmanuel Tjeknavorian, Mincho Minchev, Young-Chang Cho, Svetlin Roussev and Xavier Phillips.

In 2010, he won Second Prize at the Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition and later received Fourth Prize at the XVI International Chopin Piano Competition. 2009 Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Fort Worth, Texas, United States – finalist. 2010 Queen Elisabeth Music Competition, Brussels, Belgium – 2nd prize. 2010 XVI International Chopin Piano Competition, Warsaw, Poland – 4th prize.