Miryana Moteva
Miryana Moteva has recently appeared as a soloist with Linden Hills Chamber Orchestra performing Piano Concerto No. 1 by Sergei Prokofiev and in chamber music recitals at Sundin Music Hall, Antonello Hall, the Basilica of Saint Mary, the Fitzgerald Theater, the Schubert Club, the Baroque Room, and the Cowles Center for Performing Arts in collaboration with Curio Dance. She performs on Schubert Club’s Courtroom Concerts, MacPhail Center for Music’s Spotlight Concert Series, and University of Minnesota’s Balkanicus New Music Series, among others. In addition to her solo concerts, she collaborates regularly with members of the Minnesota Orchestra and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Her performances have been featured on Classical MPR and NPR’s ‘From the Top.’
Ms. Moteva has appeared at festivals such as ‘March Music Days,’ and ‘Music and Earth’ international festivals in Bulgaria, and ‘San Daniele International Piano Meeting’ in Italy. Currently, she is on the faculty of MacPhail Center for Music as a piano teaching artist and a staff pianist. Previously, she has served as a Collaborative and Applied Piano Teaching Assistant at University of Minnesota, and as an Accompanying Fellow at Lawrence University in Wisconsin.
Next season, Miryana Moteva’s appearances include the University of Wisconsin-River Falls’ Coffee Concert Series, the Bulgarian Concert Evenings in New York, and the Raritan Valley Community College’s Mozaika Concert Series (NJ). An ardent supported and performer of new classical music, she has been an active commissioner of new works, including Catalonian composer Marc Migo’s Sonata for Violin and Piano ‘Death and Spring,’ which, together with violinist David Brubaker, she will be taking on a tour of Spain and the United States in 2024. Miryana holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in Piano Performance, and a Doctorate in Collaborative Piano from the University of Minnesota. A native of Bulgaria, she is a graduate of the National School of Music in Sofia, Bulgaria. Her principal teachers include Emma Tahmizian, Lydia Artymiw, and Timothy Lovelace.