Avguste Antonov: The Pianist
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 also been featured soloist with the University of Kansas Symphony, the Kansas City Medical Arts Symphony and the University of Kansas Wind Ensemble.
Mr. Antonov is a dedicated performer of 20th and 21st century music and 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 and many others.
He 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.
Mr. 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, Mr. 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, Mr. 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 Avguste joined the University of Kansas (2000-2005) where he studied under Jack Winerock and in May 2005, Avguste obtained the Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from the University of Kansas. That same year, Avguste Antonov obtained the United States citizenship.
In 2006, Mr Antonov moved to Texas, and between 2006-2008, he studied at Texas Christian University under the direction of Tamas Ungar.