Victor Vichev is an Absolute Winner of the 11th edition of the World’s Best Musicians Competition in composition from Bulgaria.
The jury recognized this outstanding artistic presentation for its exceptional quality, musical personality, and strong interpretative vision.
Education: Viktor Vichev was born in 2006 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He started playing the piano at the age of 6 at NUMTI “Dobrin Petkov” Plovdiv with Snjana Spilkova-Garneva. From 2017 to 2025 he studied the piano at NUMTI” Dobrin Petkov” Plovdiv with Elena Veltcheva. He graduated the school in May 2025. From October 2025 Viktor is a student – bachelor degree- in Hochschule fur Musik Karlsruhe, in the piano class of Prof. Denys Proshayev.
He attended master classes with Professors : Atanas Kourtev, Victor Chouchkov, Borislava Taneva, Iliya Chernaev, Agate Leimoni, Stafka Perifanova, Tzvetana Gigova, Aglika Genova, Emma Tahmizyan , lilia Boyadjieva, Sergey Redkin, Emanuil Ivanov , Ivan Yanakov
Talent Music Summer Courses – Brescia,September 2023 – Prof. Michel Beroff
Talent Music Master Courses – Brescia, March 2024 – Prof. Bernd Goetzke
Talent Music Summer Courses – Brescia , July 2024 – Prof. Bernd Goetzke
Kloster Michaelstein Musikakademie – January 2025 – Prof.Aglika Genova and Prof. Luben Dimitrov
Kloster Michaelstein Musikakademie – March 2025 – Prof. Bernd Goetzke
Talent Music Master Courses – Brescia, March 2025 – Prof. Elena Margolina
Talent Music Master Courses – Brescia, April 2025 – Prof. Bernd Goetzke
Competitions First prize – National competition “Varban Varbanov” Burgas 2014 First prize – National competition “ Svetoslav Obretenov” Provadia 2014 Third prize – V international piano competition “Schuman – Brahms “ Plovdiv 2014 Third prize – International competition for young musicians – Pernik 2015 Golden key – “Golden key” international competition Plovdiv 2015 First prize – International competition for young pianists – Vranja, Serbia 2015 Third prize – “International piano and violin competition Pancho Vladigerov” Shumen 2017 Second prize and Special prize for Shuman performance – International piano competition “Shuman – Brahms “Plovdiv 2017 Second prize – National competition for young musicians ”Orphic gift” Sofia 2018 Second prize – International competition “ De Bach au Jazz” Athens 2018 Second prize – National competition “Road to fame” Sofia 2019 First prize – Great Composers Competition – “Best Bach performance “ March 2019 First prize – Great Composers Competition – “The music of 18th century” May 2019 First prize, Laureate and Special prize for Chopin performance – VI “ International piano competition – Smederevo” Serbia, May 2019 First prize – VI National academic piano competition – “J.S.Bach and his contemporaries” Plovdiv, November 2019 Second prize – National competition for young pianists “Stella Oslekova” Plovdiv, January 2020 Second prize – Great Composers Competition – „Best Rachmaninoff Performance” April 2020 Second prize and Special prize “The brightest talent”- VII International piano competition “Shuman – Brahms “Plovdiv November 2020 Second prize – VI “Odin international music online competition” January 2021 First prize – Great Composers Competition – „Best Brahms performance”- May 2021г. First prize – International piano competition Smederevo – May 2021 Second prize – Great Composers Competition – “Artist of the year” – September 2021 First prize – Great Composers Competition – “Masters of piano sonata” – October 2021 First prize – Great Composers Competition – „Best Mozart performance” – January 2022 First prize and special prize for Beethoven performance – Golden piano talents international competition 2021 First prize – chamber music, piano four hands – Golden piano talents international competition 2021 First prize – Memorial “Sanja Pavlovic” piano competition – March 2022 Absolute winner and Special prize for the performance of Mozart – IX International piano competition Smederevo – May 2022 First prize – chamber music, piano four hands – IX International piano competition Smederevo – May 2022 First grade honourable mention – Concertino Praga 2022 Third prize – Piano Competition Online, 4th edition First prize – “La Musique et la Terre” – Orsay, France – April 2023 First prize – Great Composers Competition – „Best Tchaikovsky performance” – May, 2023 Second prize – "De Bach Au Jazz" – Athens, Greece – July 2023 Second prize – XXVI international youth music competition “Hopes, talents, masters” – Dobrich, September 2023 Winner of Soloist and Orchestra Concerto Competition – Talent Music Summer Courses 8th edition – September 2023 Brescia, Italy – Rachmaninov piano concerto N2, op.18 First prize – XVIIth “Albert Roussel” international piano competition – Sofia , October 2023 Special prize “Fidissi Kerchev “ – XVIIth “Albert Roussel” international piano competition – Sofia, October 2023 Third prize – XV National Piano Competition for Students-accompanists “Prof. Savka Shopova-Markova” – Sofia, March 2024 First prize – Talent Summer International Competition – Brescia, July 2024 First prize – National Competition for Young Pianists “Stella Oslekova” – January 2025 Grand Prix – Second National Piano Competition “Milcho Leviev” – July 2025
Orchestra soloist: Premiere of Fantasy for piano and orchestra “ Chimarosa and something else” by Peter Radevski -soloist of Blagoevgrad chamber orchestra – May 2018 Haydn piano concerto N11 D Dur – soloist of “Youth Chamber orchestra Dobrin Petkov” – Plovdiv December 2018 Haydn piano concerto N11 D Dur – soloist of “Youth Chamber orchestra Dobrin Petkov” – Sofia, April 2019 Mozart piano concerto N23 A Dur – soloist of The Sofia Sinfonietta– Sofia, May 2021 Mozart piano concerto N23 A Dur – soloist of Shumen symphony orchestra – Shumen, June 2021 Rachmaninov piano concerto N2, c moll, op.18 – soloist of Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra – Concertino Praga finale September 2022 Rachmaninov piano concerto N2, c moll, op.18 – soloist of Vidin Sinfonietta – Vidin , January 26th 2023 Rachmaninov piano concerto N2, c moll, op.18 – soloist of Vidin Sinfonietta – Sofia , January 27th 2023 Rachmaninov piano concerto N2, c moll, op.18 – soloist of Master Orchestra – Brescia, Italy – 29.09.2023 Rachmaninov piano concerto N2, c moll, op.18 – soloist of Opera Plovdiv – February 2025
Festivals: Participant in Dubai expo 2020 – series of concerts in December 2021 South Bohemian festival 2022 – Tour of Concertino Praga finalists – September 2022 XIII International Festival “ Balabanov’s House Music Days” Autumn edition 2022 – Piano and chamber music recital –November 2022, May 2024 "Talent Summer Courses & Talent Summer Opera Festival" 6th edition – Brescia, Italy, September 2023, March 2024, July 2024 – participation in solo piano recital and soloist and orchestra concert “Salon of the Muses” – second season, Sofia 2024 International Chamber Music Festival in Plovdiv – 06.2024 etc.
Other studies: Studies composition with Prof. Velislav Zaimov. Some of his works that he has premiered are: Lacrimosa waltz for violin & piano op.8, Rhapsody for 4 hands op.9, Sonata for violin and piano op.10, Tonbilder for solo piano op.12
Other awards: “Honorary Badge of the City of Plovdiv” – award for artistic and creative achievements – May 2025
“Pedagogical Council Award for excellent achievement” – NUMTI “Dobrin Petkov” Plovdiv – May 2025 “Dobrin Petkov”
Award for High Artistic Achievments – NUMTI “Dobrin Perkov” Plovdiv and the school board of NUMTI “Dobrin Petkov” – May 2025
Other achievements: Played the role of the “child” in the biography movie for the great Bulgarian composer and pianist Milcho Leviev – “Silent movie” 2015
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