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.

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