DR. ROSSITZA BANOVA
Piano Instructor
Bulgarian pianist Rossitza Banova has won First Prize in the
UFAM International Piano Competition in Paris, France, Second Prize in
the International Competition “Music and the Earth” in Sofia, Bulgaria,
and Fourth Prize at the Usti Nad Labem Piano Competition in the Czech
Republic.
As an international solo recitalist, Dr. Banova has performed in Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Spain, and the United States, including the Bay Area, Bloomington, Boston, Las Vegas, and Portland, OR. In addition, she has performed in master classes with artists Emmanuel Ax, Gilbert Kalish, Andrjei Jasinski, and others.
Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, Dr. Banova began piano studies at the age of five, and went on to study at the State Music High School of Bulgaria where she graduated in 1995. Her teachers there included Kalina Gueorguieva, Konstantin Stankovitch, Yovcho Krushev, and Anton Dikov. In 1997, she was accepted at the San Francisco Conservatory on a full tuition scholarship as a student of Professor Paul Hersh, where she won the Concerto Competition before completing a Bachelor’s Degree in Piano Performance. Rossitza completed her Masters and Doctorate Degrees on full tuition scholarships at Indiana University Jacobs School of music under the guidance of Prof. Evelyne Brancart and Prof. Emile Naoumoff.
Rossitza holds the prestigious Liberace Scholarship from the Liberace Foundation for the Performing and Creative Arts in Las Vegas, Nevada, an award she has received annually since 1999.
