Venera Bojkova - Pianist

Welcome to my website, I hope you find it informative and useful. It is both about what I do and about my philosophy as a piano accompanist and recitalist, and as an educator, both as a teacher and a workshop leader. Enjoy it and on the Contact page do tell me what you think about it and about my work.

About Me

I was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, and studied at the State Conservatoire of Music. My piano professors were both graduates of Moscow Conservatoire, Nicolai Evrov and Lubomir Dinolov, both being among Bulgaria's foremost recitalists and teachers. After graduation I became a teacher at the conservatoire and performed throughout Bulgaria in recitals and as a concerto soloist. In 1991 I became pianist in residence in the Northern Province of South Africa, coming to the UK in 1993.

As well as performing throughout UK, I have performed throughout Europe, Russia, South Africa and the USA. As an accompanist, I have toured with singers from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, the 1997 Cardiff Singer of the World, Guan Yang, and the outstanding English mezzo-soprano Carol Wilson.

I also perform as part of a piano duo with a Bulgarian colleague, Valentina Seferinova, with whom I have recorded a CD of music for two pianos, and as a member of the Broadwood Piano Quintet. I also run a popular series of monthly piano master classes for advanced pianists in the Caedmon Hall, Gateshead.

Additionally I conduct the Bishop Auckland Choral Society and have an extensive teaching practice (I teach students at Durham and Newcastle Universities, Durham High School and Durham School as well as a small number privately).

I live near Durham in the north of England with my husband, also a musician, and my two children, aged 9 and 10.