Petar Dimov
pianist and composer
About
Petar Dimov is a Bulgarian pianist and composer possessing “scintillating, imaginative and self-effacing pianism” (Jonathan Brown, International Piano magazine). He is based in London and was a scholar at the Royal College of Music from 2014 to 2020 in the piano class of Norma Fisher, obtaining a Master of Performance degree with Distinction in 2020 and a Bachelor of Music degree with Honours in 2018. He obtained a Master of Music degree from the Royal Conservatoire of Music in Brussels in 2023, having studied with Aleksandar Madžar. His musical education began in his native Plovdiv (Bulgaria) where he studied with Svetlana Koseva until his graduation in 2014.
Dimov has won over twenty prizes from International competitions and has performed in Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Turkey and the UK.
As a composer, Petar Dimov has had output for orchestra, chorus, various solo instruments and chamber ensembles.
Schedule
12 September 2023, 3pm – St. Mary’s Perivale, London (live stream)
Programme TBA
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05 March 2023, 4pm – Iris Axon Concert Series at Acton Hill Church, London
Concert celebrating Chopin’s 213th birthday
CHOPIN – Preludes op. 28, Nos. 1-16
CHOPIN – Sonata No. 2, op. 35 in B-flat minor
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24 January 2023, 2:30pm – Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel Concert Hall
DEBUSSY – Preludes Book 1:
VII. Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest
VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin
DIMOV – Passacaglia
DEBUSSY – Preludes, Book 1:
X. La cathédrale engloutie
DIMOV – Aura (Daylight)
CHOPIN – Preludes, op. 28:
3. G major
4. E minor
5. D major
6. B minor
7. A major
8. F sharp minor
9. E major
10. C sharp minor
16. B flat minor
Sonata in B flat minor op. 35, No. 2
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03 April 2022, 4pm – Iris Axon Concert Series at Acton Hill Church, London
Concert commemorating 125 years since Brahms’ death.
BACH – Italian Concerto, BWV 971
BRAHMS – Sonata No. 3, op. 5 in F minor
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23 March 2022 – Release of LANIAKEA – a composition for orchestra recorded by 32 musicians remotely. Available on all streaming platforms, together with a video in partnership with visual artist Denise Deák on YouTube.
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03 October 2021, 9pm – St. Mary’s Perivale, London – Beethoven Festival
BEETHOVEN – Sonata op. 110, No. 31 in A-flat major
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23 September 2021, 8 pm – Talent Unlimited concert series at St James’s Church, Sussex Gardens, London
DIMOV – Passacaglia
DIMOV – Aura
DIMOV – Variations (world premiere)
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25 November 2021, 7:30pm – St. Mary’s Perivale, London (live stream) for the Keyboard Charitable Trust
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