Instructor of Piano
Fine Arts (Music) 212
(907) 474-6576
ffigr@uaf.edu

A native of Bulgaria, pianist Ilia Radoslavov obtained his Doctoral Degree in Piano Performance as a Paul Collins Distinguished Graduate Fellow, an award celebrating outstanding performing ability and musicianship, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, under the guidance of remarkable pianist Christopher Taylor.

Dr. Radoslavov has graduated with high distinction and holds degrees in Piano Performance from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, where he worked with internationally distinguished pianist and teacher Wilfred Delphin, and the State Conservatory of Music, Sofia, Bulgaria, where he studied with internationally recognized pianists Stella Dimitrova and Ilia Tchernaev. He has also worked with world-renowned Leon Fleisher, Richard Goode, Ann Shein, Kim Kashkashian, Jean-Michel Fonteneau, and Germaine Mounier.

The list of recognitions in Dr. Radoslavov’s name includes awards from the Missouri International Piano Competition, Joplin, Missouri; The Hague International Piano Competition, the Netherlands; and first prizes from the UW Concerto Competition, UW Beethoven Piano Competition, Saint Louis Artist Presentation Society, National Mozart Competition, Sofia, Bulgaria, and National Piano Competition, Provadia, Bulgaria.

Throughout his career, Dr. Radoslavov has been welcomed warmly and with accolades by audiences and critics alike, while appearing in numerous solo and chamber performances in prestigious venues in the United States, Europe, and his native Bulgaria. Highlights in his professional career include performances with Canadian Brass French horn player Bernhard Scully, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Flutist/Piccolist Stephanie Mortimore, Mexican tenor Gustavo Flores, Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Concert Master Kiril Laskarov, and Baton Rouge Flute Faculty Katherine Kemler. He has appeared as soloist with the University of Wisconsin – Madison Symphony Orchestra, the State Conservatory of Music Symphony Orchestra, Sofia, Bulgaria, and the Ruse Symphony Orchestra, Ruse, Bulgaria. He has also worked in close collaboration with Metropolitan Opera veteran, bass Richard Best

Dr. Radoslavov has a forthcoming CD project, entitled Keyboard Dances, featuring music by Joseph Koykkar. His performances have been broadcast on WSIU TV 8, Illinois, and the Bulgarian National Radio, for which he has also made commissioned recordings. He has performed solo recitals and in chamber music ensembles as a guest artist at the Fairbanks New Music Festival, the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Festival of Contemporary Music, the March Days of Music Festival in Ruse, Bulgaria, and the Festival for Young European Talents in Potsdam, Germany.

Dr. Radoslavov’s teaching career ranges widely and encompasses applied piano, accompanying, chamber coaching, and teaching piano-related courses at University of Wisconsin-Madison, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, and State College of Musical Arts, Ruse, Bulgaria. His research interests at the moment focus on familiarizing Western audiences with the work of 20th-century Bulgarian composer Pancho Vladigerov. At present, Dr. Radoslavov is piano faculty and regular clinician at the Summer Music Academy at University of Alaska Fairbanks.