10 Dec 2010

Chopin - Etude op. 25 No. 10 in B minor. Live from Tokyo (2010)

Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra
Plamen Djouroff, Conductor
Ivan Yanakov, Piano

Recorded live at the European Music Festival, Sofia 2004

1 May 2004

Bach - Concerto for keyboard and orchestra in D minor, 2nd movement

Bach - Concerto for keyboard and orchestra in D minor, 3rd movement

1 May, 2004

Bach - Concerto for Keyboard and Orchestra in D minor, 1st movement

Recorded at Muziekzentrum van de Omroep, the Netherlands
12 August 2023
Piano: Fazioli F308. 
Producer: Michael Fine
Sound Engineer: Erdo Groot, Polyhymnia
Microphones: Neumann

César Franck: Prelude, Fugue and Variation, op. 18

Recorded at Muziekzentrum van de Omroep, the Netherlands
13 August 2023
Piano: Fazioli F308.
Producer: Michael Fine
Sound Engineer: Erdo Groot, Polyhymnia
Microphones: Neumann

Haydn: Sonata in A-flat major, Hob. XVI:46

Recorded at Muziekzentrum van de Omroep, the Netherlands
14 August 2023
Piano: Fazioli F308. 
Producer: Michael Fine
Sound Engineer: Erdo Groot, Polyhymnia
Microphones: Neumann

Rachmaninoff: Variations on a theme by Corelli, op. 43

Recorded live at Hong Kong City Hall, 20 June 2013

1 Oct 2013

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prelude Op. 23 No. 5, G Minor

LIve concert performance, Japan. November 2009

1 Dec 2009

Frédéric Chopin - Etude op. 10 No1 (live from Japan)

Live recording from New York's Carnegie Recital Hall.

1 Oct 2001

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Etude-Tableau. Live from Carnegie Recital Hall

Recorded live on 17 February 2011 in London
London Chamber Players
Ivan Yanakov, conductor

10 Feb 2011

Mendelssohn - Sinfonia No 8 in D for String Orchestra, 4th mvt

The winner of numerous international competitions, Ivan Yanakov has been heard to great critical acclaim in over 30 countries in Europe, North America, Australia and Asia. He has performed as soloist with numerous orchestras, and has appeared in halls that include New York’s Carnegie Hall Recital Hall, London’s Cadogan Hall, Tokyo Metropolitan Arts Center, Sydney Town Hall, Kitara Hall in Sapporo, Okinawa Convention Centre, Hong Kong City Hall, Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre, and many others. He is a frequent guest of international music festivals. Ivan’s CD albums are sold worldwide via Amazon and many other music stores. His music can be heard on over 120 digital platforms, including iTunes, Spotify, Deezer, Amazon, KKBOX and many others.

Born in Sofia, Ivan Yanakov earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from New York's Mannes College of Music. He was awarded the Artists International Debut Series Prize at Carnegie Hall. He was also a full-scholarship fellow at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena.

He is the Artistic Director and Conductor of the London Chamber Players Orchestra. Ivan Yanakov made his conducting debut with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra and had returned to conduct them again, in addition to other European and Asian conducting engagements.

The artist appears regularly on television and radio broadcasts in Asia, North America and Europe. He has been featured in an 1-hour live concert on Hong Kong’s RTHK radio station, and on their Pearl TV channel. Other broadcasting highlights include Live from the Los Angeles Museum of Art.

Today, he is often invited to give master classes at major universities in Europe and Asia, most recently at the Birmingham Conservatoire. Mr. Yanakov was the co-founder of the Irvine Chamber Music Festival in California and of the Siena Belcanto Festival in Italy, where he also served as Artistic Director.

Ivan Yanakov regularly adjudicates piano competitions. He was the jury president of the Russian Piano competition in Sanremo, Italy, a jury member of the Ernest Bloch International Competition at the Royal College of Music in London and the 2021 Scriabin Piano Competition.

One of Ivan’s current projects include The Four Pianists, an ensemble of established classical and jazz pianists. Their last concert at London's Cadogan Hall was sold out months in advance. The Four Pianists regularly perform in front of 4,000-strong audiences, to both critical and public acclaim.

Ivan Yanakov

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