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Pianist Avguste Antonov leads an active career as soloist and teacher. He is currently Piano Instructor at The Master's Touch School of Music & Performing Arts, LLC.
Avguste Antonov has presented recitals in Bordeaux(France), Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Florida, Pennsylvania, Texas, Ohio and has performed extensively with the University of Kansas Wind Ensemble, University of Kansas Symphony, Symphonic Choir and the Texas Christian University Wind Symphony. Performance venues include the Music Education National Convention with the University of Kansas Wind Ensemble and the College Band Directors National Association with the Texas Christian University Wind Symphony. He has been featured soloist with the University of Kansas Symphony, the Kansas City Medical Arts Symphony, the University of Kansas Wind Ensemble, the Hardin-Simmons University Orchestra and the San Jose Wind Symphony.
Dedicated performer of 20th and 21st century music, Antonov has performed World and US premieres at venues such as the University of Miami, University of Kansas, Youngstown State University and has worked with composers Carter Pann, John Mackey, Raina Murnak, John Arrigo-Nelson, Matthew Lewis, Till Meyn, Michael Colgrass, Robert Rollin, Marc Parella and many others.
Antonov has been featured in recordings for MusicForLearning(solo) and Naxos(with the University of Kansas Wind Ensemble). His performances can also be heard on the web thanks to Playlist.com, Beemp3.com and other digital music websites.
Antonov is preparing his debut CD of American Music to be released and distributed by the Arizona University Recordings.
For more details about this exciting project, please visit his official website at avgusteantonov.com
Antonov is a lifetime member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and member of the American Music Center. He is a featured pianist for the Piano Society (pianosociety.com).
Born in Bulgaria, Antonov began music studies at the age of 5. In 1989, after joining his mother and stepfather in France, he studied at the prestigious private school Ecole Normale de Paris (1989-1990) and at the Conservatoire Nationale de Region de Bordeaux (1990-1999). His teachers in France were Alain Motard and Herve N'Kaoua.
Following his stay in Bordeaux, Antonov moved to the United States where he attended the University of Missouri-Kansas City (1999-2000) studying with Robert Weirich and Stanislav Ioudenitch (2001 co-winner of the Van Cliburn Piano Competition). The following year, Antonov joined the University of Kansas (2000-2005) where he studied under Jack Winerock and in May 2005, Antonov obtained the Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from the University of Kansas. That same year, he obtained the United States citizenship.
In 2006, Antonov moved to Texas, and between 2006-2008, he studied at Texas Christian University under the direction of Tamas Ungar.
The 2011-2012 season will see Antonov featured in events across Texas, Tennessee, Kansas, Ohio, Pennsylvania.
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