The Concertmasters in the frames of EUROPEAN MUSIC FESTIVAL

In the frames of European Music Festival

Georgi Cherkin, piano

Classic FM Radio Orchestra

Conductor: Grogor PALIKAROV

W. A. Mozart: Piano concerto No. 17

W. A. Mozart: Rondo alla turca

J. Haydn: Symphony No. 83 The Hen

Georgi Cherkin was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, in a family of musicians. In 1996 he was admitted to the Pancho Vladigerov National Music Academy in Sofia in Prof. Atanas Kurtev’s class. A year later, he was also admitted to the prestigious Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, where he was trained by Sergio Perticaroli.

Georgi Cherkin has won top prizes at the following international competitions: Pancho Vladigerov in Shumen, Bulgaria, in 2003, Premio Sassari (Italy) in 1999, and Young Musical Talents in Sofia in 1994. He has performed in many prestigious concert halls, such as the Auditorio in Rome, Musikhalle in Hamburg, Convention Center in Okinawa, Kaufmann Concert Hall in New York, and Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, to name but a few. In the last few years he has received numerous awards for popularizing culture and the arts in Bulgaria, including the Crystal Lyre, the Golden Century, the Golden Muse, and the Golden Quill.