Svetlina Boyadzhieva

Svetlina Boyadzhieva is a young Bulgarian pianist, born in Sofia on October 22, 1996. She began studying piano at the age of four and, at six, was accepted into the Lyubomir Pipkov National School of Music in the Bulgarian capital. After completing the twelve-year course of study, she was admitted to the Pancho Vladigerov National Music Academy. Since 2017, she has been studying at the “G. Tartini” Conservatory of Music in Trieste.

Svetlina has won many national and international competitions, including most recently the First Prize at the International Music Competition “Città di Stresa” 2023, the Third Prize at the International Music Competition “Città di Piove di Sacco” 2023, the Second Prize at the International Music Competition “Don Vincenzo Vitti” 2023, the Absolute First Prize at the International Music Competition “Città di Albenga,” the First Prize at the International Music Competition “Città degli Imperiali,” the First Prize at the International Music Competition “Inspiration” (Russia), the Second Prize at the “Lazlo Spezzaferri Music Prize” 2021, the Second Prize at the International Music Competition “Ferruccio Benvenuto Busoni” 2022, the First Prize at the International Music Competition “Lams Matera” 2022, and the Second Prize at the International Music Competition “Don Vincenzo Vitti” 2022, among others.

She has performed at renowned festivals such as “Pianocity Pordenone,” “Pianocity Lecce,” “Pianolab Martina Franca,” “Trieste APS Classica,” “Rassegna Concerti del Conservatorio Tartini 2023,” “Pianocity Trieste,” “Polinote Music Festival,” “Polish Institute Sofia” 2023, “Hungarian Institute Sofia” 2023, and “Bulgarian Cultural Institute – Budapest” 2023.

In May 2024, I gave a recital at the “Atelier Marcel Hastir” hall in Brussels, and in August, a recital in Burgas (Bulgaria). In September, I performed two concerts as part of “Pianolab Ceglie Messapica” (held on September 1st), and on August 21st, I gave a recital for “Pianodays Trieste” 2024. A concert is also scheduled for December at the “Czech Center” in Sofia, Bulgaria.

She has also participated in numerous masterclasses with internationally renowned teachers, such as Giuseppe Devastado, Roberto Prosseda, Pavel Gililov, Boris Petrushansky, M. Myka, Maria Grazia Bellocchio, Daniele Petralia, Daniel Rivera, Viktor Chouchkov, Maria Prinz, Agathe Leimoni, Rafael Salinas, Yuri Bogdanov, Lilia Boyadzhieva, Marina Pliassova, Flavio Zaccaria, Alexander Doulov, Charlene Farrugia, and others.

In September 2022, she released her first album, titled “La Musica Di Una Dea”, with Doppio Movimento.

In March 2024, she completed her Master’s Degree at the “G. Tartini” Conservatory of Music in Trieste.

In September 2025, Svetlina releases her second solo album titled ‘The Real Me’. 

From October 2025, she begins her studies with Maestro Konstantin Bogino at the “International Music Academy in Rome”, while simultaneously continuing her Master’s studies at the Conservatory of Rovigo.