Simeon Goshev is a Bulgarian pianist, based in Vienna. His vivid and moving interpretations, especially of compositions of the Viennese Classic and the 20th and 21st century are highly praised all over Europe.
In 2024 he has solo engagements in Musikverein Vienna, Konzerthaus Vienna, the Royal Theater in Warsaw, Grieg‘s House in Bergen and many others. He also made his debut in China with solo recitals, chamber music concerts and as a soloist for orchestras in Beijing, Suzhou, Shenzhen etc.
The last years in Simeon’s career have been marked by success. In the past seasons, he performed regularly in Germany, Hungary, Austria, Italy, Poland. Simeon has recorded for the Bavarian Radio, the Austrian National Radio (ORF), the Bulgarian National Radio and Television. He is a laureate of prestigious international piano competitions: the last of which were the Grand Prix of the Bösendorfer Competition in Vienna, 2nd Prize of “Pancho Vladigerov” Competition in Shumen and two prizes of the “Leos Janacek” in Brno.
His first solo album “Bulgarian piano heritage”, a project, backed up by the Ministry of Culture in Bulgaria and aimed at making Bulgarian classical music known around the world, was released in the beginning of 2022.
Simeon is deeply interested and involved in various aspects of classical music – in February 2021 he successfully obtained his PhD from the National Conservatory in Sofia, Bulgaria with a dissertation on Stravinsky’s ballets. In October 2021 he became part of the esteemed teaching team of the piano department at MDW and as from September 2023 he is also a lecturer in the other major music university of Vienna – Musik und Kunst Universität der Stadt Wien.
As of 2021 Simeon Goshev is an official Bösendorfer Artist, representing one of the world’s leading piano brands.