Stella Timenova

Stella Timenova
Bulgarian – Swiss pianist Stella Timenova was born in Plovdiv in 1982 in a family of musicians.

She started playing the piano at age of five in her native city with Stella Oslekova and attended “Dobrin Petkov” National Music School. Three years later she gave her first recital and won the first competition prize. She successfully completed her studies and was awarded the Special Dobrin Petkov Prize for extraordinary musical achievements.
In 2000 Stella Timenova is admitted to the Sofia Conservatory in the piano class of Prof. Stella Dimitrova-Maistorova, who will accompany her years later in her master`s studies. Already during her studies, Stella Timenova performs as a solo pianist with major orchestras in Bulgaria and gives concerts at the leading festivals in her country.
In 2005 a scholarship from the Swiss Government takes her to the Academy of fine arts in Berne and into the piano class of Rada Petkova, which she completed with a Concert Diploma and highest distinction. She attended also master classes amongst others with Alexei Nasedkin, Sergey Markarov, Piotr Anderszewski, Christoph Berner, György Nádor, Sergio Azzolini and Carsten Eckert. Stella Timenova has performed in Bulgaria, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Italy, France, Hungary, Turkey, North Macedonia and Slovakia. As a soloist she made in 2009 her debut with the Basel Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Daniel Klajner. Stella Timenova was awarded at numerous national and international competitions: Phos – Opera Discovery Milano; Odd Fellows, Berne; Nikola Stefanov, Sofia; Pancho Vladigerov, Shumen; Sergey Rachmaninoff, Pleven; Seiler, Sofia; Albert Roussel, Sofia, etc. She has also been supported by various foundations: Richard Wagner Foundation, The Guth-Dreyfuss Foundation, the St. Albanstift Foundation, the Heidy und Heinrich Bebié-von Gunten-Foundation and others. Stella Timenova is a sought after chamber musician. Amongst others, she has performed with the Galatea Quartet, the Gémeaux Quartet, the violinist Corina Belcea, oboist Céline Moinet, flutists Stéphane Réty, Aldo Baerten, Wally Hase. Her repertoire includes classical music from the Baroque to the present. She has released recordings and live broadcastings for the National Bulgarian Radio and Television and Classic FM Radio. Stella Timenova is co-founder and member of the jury of the annual Competition for Young Pianists “Stella Oslekova” held in her hometown of Plovdiv and dedicated to the memory of her beloved first piano teacher.