Steinway Artist Tania Tachkova has been praised by critics for performances that are “white-hot” and “very impressive.” She has appeared throughout the United States, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand as a soloist and in chamber concerts at such venues as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Steinway Hall New York, Wiener Saal at Mozarteum, Henri Selmer Hall in Paris, Grand Bulgaria Hall and the National Palace of Culture in Bulgaria, Centro de Bellas Artes and Museo del Arte in Puerto Rico to name a few. She has been featured as a soloist with the Orchestra of the State Academy of Music in Bulgaria, Shoumen Philharmonic, Razgrad Philharmonic, and the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra. Festival appearances include Aspen Music Festival, Sarasota Music Festival, and New Music on the Bayou Summer Festival. Tachkova’s performances have been broadcast on radio and television, including WQXR, WITF, WPRB, and Bulgarian National Television. Her recordings include two critically acclaimed chamber music CDs released by MSR records and extensive solo and four-hand repertoire for Steinway Spirio. As a chamber musician she has performed with members of the Berlin and Los Angeles Philharmonic, Locrian Chamber Players, Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players, and Schweizer Oktett. Tachkova’s most recent project, duo per se (with clarinetist Scot Humes) has performed in recital in Washington D.C., New York City, Paris (France), as well as being a featured ensemble at the New Music on the Bayou Summer Festival. duo per se’ s recent engagements included recitals in Christchurch and Auckland in New Zealand as well as a recital and a master class at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in Australia. Tachkova’s students consistently earn many accolades, winning various international and national competitions as well as receiving a national gold medal from the Royal Conservatory of Music Development Program. Her students have performed at Carnegie Hall’s Weill and Zankel recital halls as well as Steinway Hall New York as competition winners. In addition, she has presented numerous master classes and has adjudicated various international and national competitions in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. Tachkova holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts in piano performance from Stony Brook University.