Lora Tchekoratova, D. M. A.
404 West 51st Street, New York, NY 10019
Phone: (212) 541-7985 e-mail: lorabt@mac.com
Academic Preparation
Degrees
2003 DMA The Juilliard School Piano Performance
1998 MM The Juilliard School Piano Performance
1996 BM The Juilliard School Piano Performance
Fellowships
1998-2003 The Juilliard School C.V. Starr Fellowship
2000-2002 New World Symphony Orchestral Piano
Awards, Scholarships, Grants
1996 Washington International Competition First Prize
1995 Otto Sussman Fund Education Grant
1993 Eastern Music Festival Baldwin Award
1992-1998 The Juilliard School Full-Tuition Awards
Cyril and Methodius Foundation Travel Grants
Teachers, Coaches
Piano Performance: Seymour Lipkin, Oxana Yablonskaya, Jenny Zaharieva, Vessela Marinova, Lydia Kuteva
Chamber Music: Jerome Lowenthal, Lewis Kaplan, Seymour Lipkin, Carol Wincens, Karen Tuttle, Samuel Rhodes, Charles Neidich
Doctoral Studies: Maynard Solomon, Michael L. Griffith, Robert Bailey, Joel Sachs, Jane Gottlieb, Carl Schachter, David Hamilton
Master Classes: Leon Fleisher, Misha Dichter, John Perry, Veda Kaplinsky, Susan Starr, Robert Levin
Festivals: Aspen Music Festival, Caramoor Music Festival, Sarasota Music Festival, Eastern Music Festival, Bowdoin Music Festival
Relevant Professional Experience
Piano and Chamber Music Instruction
2003 Guest Artist, School of Music
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Presented recitals and taught master classes to current graduate students.
2002-Present Independent Instructor, Private Studio
New York, NY.
Instruction, academic and career advisement for private piano students of all
ages, including children, pre-professional, and amateur musicians. Organization
of semiannual studio recitals in various music venues in New York City.
Preparation for auditions at prestigious music institutions and various young
artists competitions.
1997-Present Piano Faculty, School of Music
92nd Street, New York, NY.
Instruction of private piano lessons to children, grades 1 to 12. Formulation of
lesson structure and requirements. Preparation of students recitals, auditions and
performance classes. Administers progress reports. Participates in an outreach
program for the music education of underprivileged children of New York City.
1998-2002 Guest Artist, Adult Chamber Music Institute
Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, Blue Hill, ME.
Chamber music coaching and piano instruction for both amateur musicians and
pre-professional young artists. Works coached range from Haydn String
Quartets to Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time. Recital appearances with
Seymour Lipkin.
1997 Piano Faculty, Bulgarian - Mexican Piano Festival,
Union of Bulgarian Composers, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Taught master classes to Bulgarian and Mexican young artists. Appeared in
recitals and presented lecture-performance.
1996-1997 Piano Faculty, Concordia Conservatory
Concordia College, Bronxville, NY.
Piano and chamber music instruction to children, pre-professionals, and adults of
all levels. Prepared students for recitals, chamber music performances, auditions,
NYSMA examinations, and piano performance classes.
Cultural Exchange Projects
2003 Festivals Salon des Arts and Musika Nova
National Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Organizes a Bulgarian concert tour of the renowned US Ensemble Continuum. In June of 2004 the ensemble will appear at prestigious festivals in Sofia. This project will provide a rare occasion for Bulgarian audiences to become familiar with important contemporary works by American composers.
2002 Festival Ppianissimo
Bulgarian National Radio, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Participated in the presentation of American pianists John Root and Perry Townsend in Sofia, Bulgaria.
1998 Concert Tour Musical Treasures from Bulgaria
Appeared in series of concerts throughout the United States. Premiered contemporary works by Bulgarian composers Georgy Arnaoudov and Pantcho Vladigerov. Venues included Carnegie's Weill Hall in New York and World Bank in Washington D.C.
1996-present
Regularly performs Bulgarian and US premiers of works by contemporary composers at new music festivals, including Summergarden at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and Sofia Summer at the Sofia City Art Gallery in Bulgaria.
Development and Educational Outreach Projects
2003-present Organizes a series of fundraising concerts to benefit the Union of Bulgarian Composers in Sofia.
2000-2002 Actively participated as soloist and chamber musician
in numerous benefit performances for the New World Symphony in Miami, Palm Beach, New York, Boston, Prague, Rome and Monte Carlo.
1997-present Presents interactive solo and chamber music concerts for children and adults at New York neighborhoods where live classical music concerts are infrequent. Venues include schools, hospitals, community centers, libraries, and nursing homes.
Performances
Major Solo Recital Appearances
New York, NY Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall
Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center
Paul Hall at the Juilliard School
Juilliard Theater at the Juilliard School
Steinway Hall
Klavierhause
The Art Gallery at the 92nd Street Y
Museum of Modern Art
The Union Club
United Nations Auditorium
Ukrainian Cultural Institute
92nd Street Y
Washington, DC Terrace Theater at Kennedy Center
The Phillips Collection
The Corcoran Gallery
Swedish Embassy
World Bank
Sofia, Bulgaria National Palace of Culture
Bulgaria Concert Hall
Bulgarian National Radio
Sofia National Gallery
Museum of Earth and Man
Hoboken, NJ Stevens Institute of Technology
Boston, MA Isabella Stuart Gardener Museum
Chicago, IL Chicago Cultural Center
Alexandria, VA The Lyceum
Miami Beach, FL Lincoln Theater
Palm Beach, FL Kravis Center
Mankatu, MN Gustav Adolphus College of Music
Baton Rouge, LA Louisiana State University
Rochester, NY Eastman School of Music
Chamber Music Collaborations
Soloists: Paula Robison, Seymour Lipkin, Steven Meyer, Tobias Ringborg, Michelle Lutiec, Ilian Iliev, Diliana Momtchilova,
Juliana Georgieva, Pavel Vernikov, Jeffrey Solo, James Kregor, Yosuke Kawasaki, Peter Csaba, Petya Swenson
Ensembles: Huberman Quartet, New Helsinki Quartet, Sofia Quartet, Bartók Quartet, Martinu Quartet, New World Symphony Chamber Players, Lyric Orchestra Chamber Players
Festival Appearances
2002 Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival. Blue Hill, ME
Guest Artist
1995-2001 Lapplands Festspel. Arijeplog, Sweden
Featured Artist
1999 Kneisel Hall Armature Chamber Music Institute. Gorgonza, Italy
Guest Artist
1998,1999 Summergarden Festival. Museum of Modern Art, NY
Featured Artist. Solo Recitals
1998 Sofia Music Weeks Festival. Sofia, Bulgaria
Featured Artist. Solo and Chamber Music Performances
1997 Kuhmo Nuori Musikii. Kuhmo, Finland
Guest Artist
Oulu Music Festival. Oulu, Finland
Featured Artist
1995-1997 Focus! Festival for New Music. New York, NY
Featured Artist
Ensemble Memberships
The Valtchev - Tchekoratova Violin and Piano Duo
Sofia Piano Trio
Allegria Chamber Music Players
Radio and Television Appearances
WGBH-FM, Boston Interview and Live Performance with the New World Symphony Chamber Players
WNYC, New York Interview and Live Solo Performance
WFMT, Chicago Dame Myra Hess Recital. Live Broadcast
Swedish National Radio Recordings with violinist Tobias Ringborg
Swedish Television Interview and live performance for the documentary
"Arijeplog Chamber Music Festival
Sofia National Radio Solo, Chamber Music recordings and interviews.
Sofia National Television Live Recording as soloist with the New Symphony Orchestra
Finish Television Live Recording with violinist Tobias Ringborg
Presentations and Papers
Dimitur Nenov and His Piano Music. Doctoral Document. The Juilliard School. Advisor: Dr. Joel Sachs. 2003.
Astor Piazzolla and the New Tango. DMA Lecture Performance. The Juilliard School,
2003.
Women Composers in the 1990s. Lecture Performance. Presented at the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival in Gorgonza, Italy in 1998, and at Morse Hall, the Juilliard School in 1999.
Chopin's Four Ballads. Lecture Recital. Bulgarian-Mexican Piano Festival. Union of Bulgarian Composers. Sofia, Bulgaria, 1997.
Current Research Interests
From Antiquity to Modern Time: the Fascinating History of Bulgarian Music.
Political Influences on Bulgarian Professional Music after 1944.
Languages
Competence in English and Bulgarian.
Reading competence in French and Russian.
Translation competence in Italian.
Professional Affiliations
American Bach Society
American Musicological Society
College Music Society
International Brahms Society
Beethoven Society
Scriabin Society
References
The following persons have written letters on my behalf, available upon request from the Career Advisement Office, the Juilliard School
Seymour Lipkin, faculty
The Juilliard School
60 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023
Howard Herring, president
New World Symphony
541 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Scott Nickrenz, chamber music artistic advisor
New World Symphony
541 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Kev
ork Mardirossian, deparment chair
School of Music
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA
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