Victor Vichev

Education: Viktor Vichev was born in 2006 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He started playing the piano at the age of 6 at NUMTI “Dobrin Petkov” Plovdiv with Snjana Spilkova-Garneva. From 2017 to 2025 he studied the piano at NUMTI” Dobrin Petkov” Plovdiv with Elena Veltcheva. He graduated the school in May 2025. From October 2025 Viktor is a student - bachelor degree- in Hochschule fur Musik Karlsruhe, in the piano class of Prof. Denys Proshayev.

He attended master classes with Professors : Atanas Kourtev, Victor Chouchkov, Borislava Taneva, Iliya Chernaev, Agate Leimoni, Stafka Perifanova, Tzvetana Gigova, Aglika Genova, Emma Tahmizyan , lilia Boyadjieva, Sergey Redkin, Emanuil Ivanov , Ivan Yanakov

Talent Music Summer Courses - Brescia,September 2023 – Prof. Michel Beroff

Talent Music Master Courses – Brescia, March 2024 – Prof. Bernd Goetzke

Talent Music Summer Courses - Brescia , July 2024 - Prof. Bernd Goetzke

Kloster Michaelstein Musikakademie – January 2025 – Prof.Aglika Genova and Prof. Luben Dimitrov

Kloster Michaelstein Musikakademie – March 2025 - Prof. Bernd Goetzke

Talent Music Master Courses – Brescia, March 2025 – Prof. Elena Margolina

Talent Music Master Courses – Brescia, April 2025 - Prof. Bernd Goetzke

Competitions First prize – National competition “Varban Varbanov” Burgas 2014 First prize – National competition “ Svetoslav Obretenov” Provadia 2014 Third prize – V international piano competition “Schuman – Brahms “ Plovdiv 2014 Third prize – International competition for young musicians – Pernik 2015 Golden key – “Golden key” international competition Plovdiv 2015 First prize – International competition for young pianists - Vranja, Serbia 2015 Third prize – “International piano and violin competition Pancho Vladigerov” Shumen 2017 Second prize and Special prize for Shuman performance - International piano competition “Shuman – Brahms “Plovdiv 2017 Second prize – National competition for young musicians ”Orphic gift” Sofia 2018 Second prize – International competition “ De Bach au Jazz” Athens 2018 Second prize – National competition “Road to fame” Sofia 2019 First prize – Great Composers Competition – “Best Bach performance “ March 2019 First prize – Great Composers Competition – “The music of 18th century” May 2019 First prize, Laureate and Special prize for Chopin performance - VI “ International piano competition - Smederevo” Serbia, May 2019 First prize – VI National academic piano competition - “J.S.Bach and his contemporaries” Plovdiv, November 2019 Second prize – National competition for young pianists “Stella Oslekova” Plovdiv, January 2020 Second prize - Great Composers Competition - „Best Rachmaninoff Performance” April 2020 Second prize and Special prize “The brightest talent”- VII International piano competition “Shuman – Brahms “Plovdiv November 2020 Second prize – VI “Odin international music online competition” January 2021 First prize - Great Composers Competition - „Best Brahms performance”- May 2021г. First prize – International piano competition Smederevo – May 2021 Second prize – Great Composers Competition – “Artist of the year” – September 2021 First prize – Great Composers Competition – “Masters of piano sonata” – October 2021 First prize - Great Composers Competition – „Best Mozart performance” – January 2022 First prize and special prize for Beethoven performance – Golden piano talents international competition 2021 First prize – chamber music, piano four hands – Golden piano talents international competition 2021 First prize – Memorial “Sanja Pavlovic” piano competition – March 2022 Absolute winner and Special prize for the performance of Mozart – IX International piano competition Smederevo – May 2022 First prize – chamber music, piano four hands – IX International piano competition Smederevo – May 2022 First grade honourable mention – Concertino Praga 2022 Third prize – Piano Competition Online, 4th edition First prize – “La Musique et la Terre” – Orsay, France – April 2023 First prize – Great Composers Competition – „Best Tchaikovsky performance” – May, 2023 Second prize - "De Bach Au Jazz" - Athens, Greece - July 2023 Second prize – XXVI international youth music competition “Hopes, talents, masters” – Dobrich, September 2023 Winner of Soloist and Orchestra Concerto Competition – Talent Music Summer Courses 8th edition - September 2023 Brescia, Italy – Rachmaninov piano concerto N2, op.18 First prize – XVIIth “Albert Roussel” international piano competition – Sofia , October 2023 Special prize “Fidissi Kerchev “ – XVIIth “Albert Roussel” international piano competition – Sofia, October 2023 Third prize – XV National Piano Competition for Students-accompanists “Prof. Savka Shopova-Markova” – Sofia, March 2024 First prize – Talent Summer International Competition – Brescia, July 2024 First prize – National Competition for Young Pianists “Stella Oslekova” – January 2025 Grand Prix – Second National Piano Competition “Milcho Leviev” – July 2025

Orchestra soloist: Premiere of Fantasy for piano and orchestra “ Chimarosa and something else” by Peter Radevski -soloist of Blagoevgrad chamber orchestra - May 2018 Haydn piano concerto N11 D Dur - soloist of “Youth Chamber orchestra Dobrin Petkov” - Plovdiv December 2018 Haydn piano concerto N11 D Dur – soloist of “Youth Chamber orchestra Dobrin Petkov” - Sofia, April 2019 Mozart piano concerto N23 A Dur – soloist of The Sofia Sinfonietta– Sofia, May 2021 Mozart piano concerto N23 A Dur – soloist of Shumen symphony orchestra – Shumen, June 2021 Rachmaninov piano concerto N2, c moll, op.18 – soloist of Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra – Concertino Praga finale September 2022 Rachmaninov piano concerto N2, c moll, op.18 – soloist of Vidin Sinfonietta – Vidin , January 26th 2023 Rachmaninov piano concerto N2, c moll, op.18 – soloist of Vidin Sinfonietta – Sofia , January 27th 2023 Rachmaninov piano concerto N2, c moll, op.18 - soloist of Master Orchestra - Brescia, Italy - 29.09.2023 Rachmaninov piano concerto N2, c moll, op.18 – soloist of Opera Plovdiv – February 2025

Festivals: Participant in Dubai expo 2020 – series of concerts in December 2021 South Bohemian festival 2022 – Tour of Concertino Praga finalists – September 2022 XIII International Festival “ Balabanov’s House Music Days” Autumn edition 2022 – Piano and chamber music recital –November 2022, May 2024 "Talent Summer Courses & Talent Summer Opera Festival" 6th edition - Brescia, Italy, September 2023, March 2024, July 2024 - participation in solo piano recital and soloist and orchestra concert “Salon of the Muses” – second season, Sofia 2024 International Chamber Music Festival in Plovdiv – 06.2024 etc.

Other studies: Studies composition with Prof. Velislav Zaimov. Some of his works that he has premiered are: Lacrimosa waltz for violin & piano op.8, Rhapsody for 4 hands op.9, Sonata for violin and piano op.10, Tonbilder for solo piano op.12

Other awards: “Honorary Badge of the City of Plovdiv” – award for artistic and creative achievements – May 2025

“Pedagogical Council Award for excellent achievement” – NUMTI “Dobrin Petkov” Plovdiv – May 2025 “Dobrin Petkov”

Award for High Artistic Achievments – NUMTI “Dobrin Perkov” Plovdiv and the school board of NUMTI “Dobrin Petkov” - May 2025

Other achievements: Played the role of the “child” in the biography movie for the great Bulgarian composer and pianist Milcho Leviev – “Silent movie” 2015